Meanings
nounbrainectomy (countable and uncountable, plural brainectomies)
plural brainectomies
- countableinformaluncountableThe surgical removal of the brain.
With the groundhog monopolizing his thoughts, Hawk meanly wonders whether she would favor universal lobotomy, brainectomy, for her current charges.
1980, Helen Faye Rosenblum, Minerva's Turn, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 91Synonyms: encephalectomy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe surgical removal of the brain.
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Origin
From brain + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brainectomy
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