From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlobotomylo‧bot‧o‧my /ləˈbɒtəmi $ ləˈbɑː-/ noun (plural lobotomies) [countable] MHa medical operation to remove part of someone’s brain in order to treat their mental problems —lobotomize verb [transitive]
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lobotomy• She had a lobotomy in 1954.• On at least two occasions a lobotomy was considered and rejected for Alfred, who became ill in late 1943.• So why all the fuss about lobotomies?• A frontal lobotomy was of more use.• All we know is that there were success stories, including at least one lobotomy.• Naomi was again institutionalized, and this time was given a prefrontal lobotomy.Origin lobotomy (1900-2000) lobe + -tomy “cutting” (from Modern Latin -tomia, from Greek temnein “to cut”) 