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leukotomy
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leukotomy [lü′käd·ə·mē]
(medicine)
lobotomy


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Prefrontal leucotomy is a simple operation, always safe, which may prove to be an effective surgical treatment in certain cases of mental disorder" (Moniz 1994:239).
The ice pick of oblivion: Moniz, Freeman and the development of ... by Getz, Marshall J. / Trames
SHE was on the list for a leucotomy to cut the frontal lobes of her brain when word reached the psychiatric hospital that her first volume of short stories had just won a literary award.
OBITUARY - Janet Frame by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
In her next note, Lena tells of a suicide attempt and reveals that she has persuaded her beloved and devoted father Victor and sister Carla that the drastic leucotomy operation is her only chance.
I just can't take it Elly..I'll probably overdose again and get it ... by Chaytor, Rod / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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