lobotomy

English

From lobe +‎ -otomy.

lobotomy (countable and uncountable, plural lobotomies)

A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.

surgical operation

Catalan: lobotomia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前腦葉白質切除術／前脑叶白质切除术 (qiánnǎoyèbáizhíqiēchúshù), 腦葉切除術／脑叶切除术, 腦葉切除術／脑叶切除术 (nǎoyèqiēchúshù)
Czech: lobotomie (cs) f
Danish: lobotomi (da) c, det hvide snit n
Dutch: lobotomie (nl) f
Finnish: lobotomia (fi)
French: lobotomie (fr) f
Galician: lobotomía f
German: Lobotomie (de) f
Greek: λοβοτομή (el) f (lovotomí)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: hvítuskurður m
Italian: lobotomia (it) f
Japanese: 精神外科 (せいしんげか, seishingeka)
Macedonian: лобото́мија f (lobotómija)
Maltese: lobotomija f
Polish: lobotomia (pl) f
Portuguese: lobotomia (pt)
Russian: лоботоми́я (ru) f (lobotomíja)
Spanish: lobotomía (es) f
Swedish: lobotomi c
Ukrainian: лоботомі́я (uk) f (lobotomíja)
Vietnamese: phẫu thuật thuỳ não

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