lobotomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos, “lobe (of the brain)”) + τομή (tome, “cut, slice”).

Noun

Wikipedia lobotomy (plural lobotomies)

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

Synonyms

• leucotomy

Translations

surgical operation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前腦葉白質切除術 (cmn), 前脑叶白质切除术 (cmn) (qiánnǎoyèbáizhíqiēchúshù), 腦葉切除術 (cmn), 腦葉切除術 (cmn) (nǎoyèqiēchúshù)

• Dutch: lobotomie (nl) f
• Finnish: lobotomia (fi)

• French: lobotomie (fr) f
• German: Lobotomie (de) f
• Greek: λοβοτομή (el) (lovotomí) f
• Japanese: 精神外科 (ja) (せいしんげか, seishingeka)
• Russian: лоботомия (ru) (lobotomíja) f