Look up: lobotomy

1. lobotomy
   Type: Term Pronunciation: lō-bot′ŏ-mē Definitions: 1. Incision into a lobe. 2. Division of one or more nerve tracts in a lobe of the cerebrum.
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2. lobotomy
   [n] - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain
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3. lobotomy
   1. <procedure> Incision into a lobe. ... 2. Division of one or more nerve tracts in a lobe of the cerebrum. ... Origin: G. Lobos, lobe, + tome, a cutting ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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4. lobotomy
   leukotomy noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
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5. lobotomy
   (lo-bot´ә-me) a form of psychosurgery consisting of cutting of nerve fibers connecting a lobe of the brain with the thalamus. In most cases the affected parts are the prefrontal or frontal lobes, the areas of the brain involved with emotion; thus the operation is referred to as prefrontal or frontal lobotomy. Once...
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6. lobotomy
   surgical procedure in which the nerve pathways in a lobe or lobes of the brain are severed from those in other areas. The procedure formerly was used ... [4 related articles]
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7. lobotomy
   lobotomy The surgical severance of nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the thalamus for the relief of some mental disorders; also called leukotomy.
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8. lobotomy
   1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it....
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9. lobotomy
   lobotomy (lōbot'umē, lu–) , surgical procedure for cutting nerve pathways in the frontal lobes of the brain. The operation has been performed on mentally ill patients whose behavioral patterns were not improved by other forms of treatment. The procedure as pioneered by Nobel la...
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10. lobotomy
    Another name for the brain operation leucotomy
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11. Lobotomy
    : "frontal lobe|lobe (of brain)"; τομή – tome: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a `leukotomy` or `leucotomy` (from the Greek λευκός – leukos: "clear/white" and ...
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