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psychosurgery
[ sahy-koh-sur-juh-ree ]
psychosurgery
/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒɪkəl; ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ /
noun
- any surgical procedure on the brain, such as a frontal lobotomy, to relieve serious mental disorders
Derived Forms
- psychosurgical, adjective
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of psychosurgery1
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.
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.
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