leucotome

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/ˈluːkətəʊm/

noun

An instrument used to perform a leucotomy.

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Meanings

nounleucotome (plural leucotomes)

plural leucotomes

  1. medicineAn instrument used to perform a leucotomy.

    All sorts of rubbish is lying in the sand: a typewriter with half the keys missing (he picks out fragmentary sentences, sometimes these seem to mean something), a smashed neurosurgical unit (he pockets a handful of leucotomes, useful for self-defence).

    1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

Origin

From leuco- + -tome.

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APA

leucotome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leucotome

MLA

“leucotome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leucotome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leucotome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leucotome.

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