Meanings
nounamygdalotomy (plural amygdalotomies)
plural amygdalotomies
- medicineSurgical removal of the amygdala.
This was studied in humans where amygdalotomies were done not to control seizures but to control aggression.
2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Portuguese amigdalectomia
- amigdalectomiasurgical removal of the amygdala
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