leukotomy

[ loo-kot-uh-mee ]

noun

, Chiefly British Surgery.

, plural leu·kot·o·mies.

1. prefrontal lobotomy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leukotomy¹

First recorded in 1935–40; leuko- + -tomy

Example Sentences

Hypnoconditioning, the Quiet Treatment, brainburning, transorbital leukotomy, lobectomy—all of the products of that diseased period of humanity's thinking when men tampered with the brains of other men in an effort to cure psychic states.

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