Lobotomy Definition

lə-bŏtə-mē, lō-
lobotomies
noun
lobotomies
A surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, esp. the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, is cut into or across: once a treatment for psychoses.
Webster's New World
The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
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Singular:
lobotomy
Plural:
lobotomies

Origin of Lobotomy

  • From Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos, “lobe (of the brain)") + τομή (tome, “cut, slice").

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  • lobe –tomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lobotomy Sentence Examples

  • Actually, I'd rather volunteer for frontal lobotomy, thank you.

  • The winning tickets was claimed by Gloria Hunter of St Ives who wins a pre-frontal lobotomy and a Manchester City scarf.

  • I simply do not believe that the experience of meeting someone who is deaf induces spontaneous lobotomy in the majority of the adult population.

  • I mentioned a brain scan; you'd think I'd suggested a lobotomy.

  • His mother had his sister Rose, institutionalized and ordered her to undergo a lobotomy in 1937.

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