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leucotome

[ loo-kuh-tohm ]

noun

, Surgery.
  1. an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of leucotome1

First recorded in 1935–40; leuco- + -tome

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