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    PREFRONTAL LEUCOTOMY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changesplay

    Synonyms:

    frontal lobotomy; leucotomy; leukotomy; lobotomy; prefrontal leucotomy; prefrontal leukotomy; prefrontal lobotomy

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    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("prefrontal leucotomy" is a kind of...):

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

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prefrontal leucotomy"):

    transorbital lobotomy (a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers)

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