lobotomie

Czech

Noun

lobotomie f

  1. lobotomy

Declension

Further reading

  • lobotomie in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobotomy, coined by Walter Jackson Freeman II, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, lobe (of the brain)) + τομή (tomḗ, cut, slice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌloː.boː.toːˈmi/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧bo‧to‧mie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

lobotomie f (plural lobotomieën, diminutive lobotomietje n)

  1. lobotomy [from late 1930s]
    • 1939 November 21, P. M. van Wulfften Palthe, “Feuilleton. Indrukken van het derde internationale neurologencongres gehouden te Kopenhagen van 21 tot 26 Augustus 1939”, in Geneeskundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië, number 47, page 3004:
      Eenigszins in dezelfde lijn was het enthousiasme van WALTER FREEMAN over de lobotomie (Moniz) bij neurosen.
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Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

lobotomie f (plural lobotomies)

  1. lobotomy

Further reading

Italian

Noun

lobotomie f

  1. plural of lobotomia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lobotomie. By surface analysis, lob + -o- + -tomie.

Noun

lobotomie f (plural lobotomii)

  1. lobotomy

Declension

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