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Lobotomy

//ləˈbɑː.tə.mi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. countable, uncountable

    "They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour."

  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
  3. 3
    The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Separation, removal or deprivation. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Yet this conscience is a deep part of the soul; to silence it, characters must perform a kind of moral lobotomy, excising the best parts of themselves, until what is left becomes less than human."

Etymology

From lobe + -otomy.

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