lobotomies

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A form of lobotomy — A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of lobotomy
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