LEUCOTOMY Definition & Meaning

leucotomy

[ loo-kot-uh-mee ]

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Chiefly British Surgery.

plural leucotomies.

leucotomy

/ ��ːˈ��ɒ��ə��ɪ /

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

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C20: from leuco- (with reference to the white brain tissue) + -tomy

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Examples have not been reviewed.

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

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

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