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lobotomy

The definition of a lobotomy is a surgery where part of the brain is cut.

(noun)

An example of a lobotomy is a surgery primarily used in history to treat psychosis.

See lobotomy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, esp. the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, is cut into or across: now rarely used as a treatment for psychoses

Origin: < lobe + -tomy

See lobotomy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. lo·bot·o·mies

Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain mental disorders but now rarely performed.

Origin:

Origin: lobe

Origin: + -tomy

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