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    AMYGDALOTOMY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)play

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    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("amygdalotomy" is a kind of...):

    psychosurgery (brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems)

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