lobotomy
English
Etymology
From
lobe
+
-o-
+
-tomy
.
Noun
lobotomy
(
plural
lobotomies
)
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.
Synonyms
leucotomy
Translations
surgical operation
Chinese:
Mandarin:
前腦葉白質切除術
,
前脑叶白质切除术
(
qiánnǎoyèbáizhíqiēchúshù
)
,
腦葉切除術
,
腦葉切除術
(
nǎoyèqiēchúshù
)
Czech:
lobotomie
f
Danish:
lobotomi
(da)
c
Dutch:
lobotomie
(nl)
f
Finnish:
lobotomia
(fi)
French:
lobotomie
(fr)
f
German:
Lobotomie
(de)
f
Greek:
λοβοτομή
(el)
f
(
lovotomí
)
Italian:
lobotomia
(it)
f
Japanese:
精神外科
(
せいしんげか, seishingeka
)
Russian:
лоботоми́я
(ru)
f
(
lobotomíja
)
Spanish:
lobotomía
(es)
f
Swedish:
lobotomi
c
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