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prefrontal lobotomy
prefrontal lobotomyn. A lobotomy in which the white fibers that connect the thalamus to the prefrontal and frontal lobes of the brain are severed, formerly performed to treat behavior that was considered to be abnormal.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | prefrontal lobotomy - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changesfrontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomypsychosurgery - brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problemstransorbital lobotomy - a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers |
prefrontal lobotomy
prefrontal lobotomy[prē′frənt·əl lə′bäd·ə·mē] (medicine) lobotomy prefrontal lobotomy
pre·fron·tal lo·bot·o·mydivision of one or more nerve tracts in the prefrontal area of the brain for surgical treatment of pain and emotional disorder. Synonym(s): prefrontal leukotomyprefrontal lobotomyn. A lobotomy in which the white fibers that connect the thalamus to the prefrontal and frontal lobes of the brain are severed, formerly performed to treat behavior that was considered to be abnormal.pre·fron·tal lo·bo·to·my (prē-frŭntăl lō-botŏ-mē) Division of one or more nerve tracts in the prefrontal area of the brain for surgical treatment of pain and emotional disorder. prefrontal lobotomy
Synonyms for prefrontal lobotomynoun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brainSynonyms- frontal lobotomy
- leucotomy
- leukotomy
- lobotomy
- prefrontal leucotomy
- prefrontal leukotomy
Related Words- psychosurgery
- transorbital lobotomy
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