topectomyn.
/təˈpɛktəmi/ Surgery.
An operation in which specific areas are removed from the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex as a treatment for mental illness.
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decerebration1900
hypophysectomy1909
lobectomy1911
pinealectomy1915
lobotomy1936
leucotomy1937
tractotomy1938
thalamotomy1948
topectomy1948
gyrectomy1949
hemispherectomy1950
stereotaxy1959
lobotomization1974
1948 Newsweek 29 Mar. 47/3 In the new operation, called a topectomy, the brain fibers are not cut.
1967 N. H. Horwitz & H. V. Rizzoli Postoperative Complications in Neurosurg. Pract. iv. 177 Destructive surgery on the cerebral hemispheres in the treatment of intractable pain has been attempted in a variety of ways to which a myriad of names has been applied (lobotomy, leucotomy, gyrectomy, topectomy, etc.).
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