Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for psychosurgery

psychosurgery

[ sahy-koh-sur-juh-ree ]

noun

  1. treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.


psychosurgery

/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒɪkəl; ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ /

noun

  1. any surgical procedure on the brain, such as a frontal lobotomy, to relieve serious mental disorders
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • psychosurgical, adjective
Discover More

Other Words From

  • psy·cho·sur·geon [sahy-koh-, sur, -j, uh, n], noun
  • psy·cho·sur·gi·cal [sahy-koh-, sur, -ji-k, uh, l], adjective
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychosurgery1

First recorded in 1935–40; psycho- + surgery
Discover More

Example Sentences

Nonetheless, as the “Johnny Appleseed of psychosurgery,” he barnstormed around the country like an evangelist, visiting asylums and touting lobotomies as a miracle cure.

Women made up 75 percent of the patients receiving such “psychosurgery” from Walter Freeman and James Watts, two prominent U.S. practitioners.

They wrote a book about the success of what they call the psychosurgery, and they talked about lots of case studies.

From Salon

The fascination with psychedelic drugs, psychosurgery, brain-stimulation devices, intravenous infusions, etc., is symptomatic of the current mental health crisis.

Initially shocked that his method of pacifying a chimpanzee had been applied to humans, Fulton later became a proponent of psychosurgery.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


psychosomaticpsychosynthesis