leucotomy

American

[loo-kot-uh-mee] / luˈkɒt ə mi /

noun

Chiefly British Surgery.

PLURAL

leucotomies

prefrontal lobotomy.

leucotomy British

/ luːˈkɒtəmɪ /

noun

the surgical operation of cutting some of the nerve fibres in the frontal lobes of the brain for treating intractable mental disorders See also lobotomy

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Etymology

Origin of leucotomy

First recorded in 1935–40; leuco- + -tomy

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Later, after Marsh had qualified as a neurosurgeon, a modification of the procedure, known as a limbic leucotomy, was still in use.

From BBC

"The actual bilateral prefrontal leucotomy can be done by a properly trained neurosurgeon in six minutes and seldom takes more than 10 minutes."

From BBC

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