leucotomy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

leuco- +‎ -tomy

Noun

leucotomy (plural leucotomies)

  1. lobotomy.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 76:
      It was the invention of the frontal lobotomy (though it was then often called a leucotomy, particularly in Britain).
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