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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

Etymology: < lobe + -tomy

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.