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Leucotomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of lobotomy.

    "It was the invention of the frontal lobotomy (though it was then often called a leucotomy, particularly in Britain)."

  2. 2
    surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes wordnet

Etymology

From leuco- + -tomy.

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