leucotomy

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  1. surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes

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  • Think I'll call it a leucotomy. —  the Jewmanist
  • Moniz's leukotomy (or leucotomy, from the Greek for "cutting white," in this case the brain's white matter) soon became popularly known as the lobotomy. —  Wired Top Stories
  • Unclipped man reviews all in one shillalah is leucotomy to tom britches, acedia desert and lymphuria eradicator in a unsullied clan susurration. —  Rational Review
 

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