NOUN | act | 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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Meaning | 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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Broader | lobotomy, leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy | Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain |
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