lobotomy
lobotomy
Definition
lo·boto·my (lō bät′ə mē)
noun pl. lobotomies -·mies
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
lobotomy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- undergo: His mother had his sister Rose, institutionalized and ordered her to undergo a lobotomy in 1937.
- perform: While Williams was away from St. Louis, his mother consented to have a lobotomy performed on Rose.
- do: SSM How did Lobotomy come around to getting the assignment to produce the conversion?
- induce: I simply do not believe that the experience of meeting someone who is deaf induces spontaneous lobotomy in the majority of the adult population.
Adjective modifier
- prefrontal: These data typically come from patients who have undergone prefrontal lobotomy ( Freeman et al.
- frontal: Actually, I'd rather volunteer for frontal lobotomy, thank you.
- full: Someone with a full frontal lobotomy could expose a Republican politician.
Modifies a noun
- patient: He found what everybody else had forgotten which was that 70-90 % of lobotomy patients reported loss of dreams.
Noun used with modifier
- pre-frontal: The winning tickets was claimed by Gloria Hunter of St Ives who wins a pre-frontal lobotomy and a Manchester City scarf.
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