leucotome

English

Etymology

leuco- +‎ -tome

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkətəʊm/

Noun

leucotome (plural leucotomes)

1. (medicine) An instrument used to perform a leucotomy.
   • 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:

     All sorts of rubbish is lying in the sand: a typewriter with half the keys missing (he picks out fragmentary sentences, sometimes these seem to mean something), a smashed neurosurgical unit (he pockets a handful of leucotomes, useful for self-defence).