I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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Lobotomy
//ləˈbɑː.tə.mi//
Synonyms for "lobotomy" (47 found)
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26 translations across 24 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- lobotomia noun (surgical operation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 前腦葉白質切除術 /前脑叶白质切除术 noun (surgical operation)
- 腦葉切除術 /脑叶切除术 noun (surgical operation)
Czech
1 entries- lobotomie noun (surgical operation)
Danish
2 entries- det hvide snit noun (surgical operation)
- lobotomi noun (surgical operation)
Dutch
1 entries- lobotomie noun (surgical operation)
Finnish
1 entries- lobotomia noun (surgical operation)
French
1 entries- lobotomie noun (surgical operation)
Galician
1 entries- lobotomía noun (surgical operation)
German
1 entries- Lobotomie noun (surgical operation)
Greek
1 entries- λοβοτομή noun (surgical operation)
Hungarian
1 entries- lobotómia noun (surgical operation)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvítuskurður noun (surgical operation)
Indonesian
1 entries- lobotomi noun (surgical operation)
Italian
1 entries- lobotomia noun (surgical operation)
Japanese
1 entries- ロボトミー noun (surgical operation)
Macedonian
1 entries- лобото́мија noun (surgical operation)
Maltese
1 entries- lobotomija noun (surgical operation)
Polish
1 entries- lobotomia noun (surgical operation)
Portuguese
1 entries- lobotomia noun (surgical operation)
Russian
1 entries- лоботоми́я noun (surgical operation)
Spanish
1 entries- lobotomía noun (surgical operation)
Swedish
1 entries- lobotomi noun (surgical operation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лоботомі́я noun (surgical operation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phẫu thuật thuỳ não noun (surgical operation)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy.
Source: tatoeba (5154725)
I want to get a lobotomy.
Source: tatoeba (11324218)
You need a lobotomy.
Source: tatoeba (12888832)
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