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lobotomy.

A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ləˈbɒtəmi/Received-Pronunciation/ləˈbɑtəmi/General-American[-ɾə-]General-American
  1. A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.

    historical
  2. A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses. An operation involving the severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.

    historical
  3. An act of removing or separating, and often disregarding or forgetting, something.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From lob(e) + -otomy (a variant of -tomy (suffix denoting a surgical incision)).

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