lobotomy
noun
the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung.
lobotomies
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pluralof lobotomy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But for more than a decade after effective antipsychotics hit the market, Freeman kept performing lobotomies.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
No doctor in the U.S. has performed a transorbital lobotomy since — at least, so far as the medical record shows — but lobotomies in general continued into the 1970s.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2021
Thanks in large part to McKissock, more lobotomies were carried out in the UK, per head of population, than in the US.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2021
Patients are no longer offered patent medicines, routine bloodlettings or lobotomies.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
Work is focused on individuals who are about to undergo partial lobotomies to treat intractable epilepsy.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
