HyperDic: transorbital_lobotomy

English > 1 sense of the expression transorbital lobotomy:
NOUNacttransorbital lobotomya method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers
English > transorbital lobotomy: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers.
Broaderlobotomy, leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomySurgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain

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