lobotomy

Meaning

Noun

  • A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
  • The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
  • The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.

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