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leucotomy
leucotomy Surg. (l(j)uːˈkɒtəmɪ) [ad. F. leucotomie (E. Moniz Tentatives Opératoires dans le Traitement de certaines Psychoses (1936) viii. 195): see leuco- (here signifying the white matter of the brain) and -tomy.] = lobotomy (in spec. sense).1937 E. Moniz in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry XCIII. 1379 (hea... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lobotomy
There were no deaths and he did not consider that any patients had deteriorated following leucotomy. American leucotomy The first prefrontal leucotomy in the United States was performed at the George Washington University Hospital on 14 September 1936 wikipedia.org
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leucotomy
leucotomy/lu:ˈkɔtəmɪ; lu`kɑtəmɪ/ n(Brit) = lobotomy. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Lobotomy: Definition, procedure and history | Live Science
Lobotomy, also known as leucotomy, is a neurosurgical operation that involves permanently damaging parts of the brain's prefrontal lobe, according to the American Association for the Advancement ...
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Orbitoclast
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1949 was awarded to Egas Moniz "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses wikipedia.org
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lobotomy
lobotomy/ləuˈbɔtəmɪ; lo`bɑtəmɪ/ (also Brit leucotomy) n (medical 医) [C, U](operation involving) cutting into the brain tissue to treat severe mental disorders 脑白质切断（术）; 脑叶纤维切断（术）. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Amarro Fiamberti
Transorbital lobotomy A lobotomy, also known as a lobectomy or leucotomy, was a neurosurgery approach. The leucotomy was also well received on the international stage. wikipedia.org
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hemispherectomy
hemispherectomy Surg. (ˌhɛmɪsfɛˈrɛktəmɪ) [f. hemisphere 5 + -ectomy.] Excision of a cerebral hemisphere.1950 Jrnl. Neurol. & Psychiatry XIII. 243/1 Over a period of five years..12 hemispherectomies were performed on patients suffering from infantile hemiplegia. Ibid. 263/1 Because of the ventricular... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wylie McKissock
Here he describes the Freeman-Watts leucotomy and the speed at which he operated: "This is not a time-consuming operation. In 1948, in an attempt to reduce the risks and damaging effects of leucotomy, he developed a technique of his own, the rostral leucotomy, where the frontal wikipedia.org
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gyrectomy
gyrectomy Surg. (dʒaɪəˈrɛktəmɪ) [f. gyrus + -ectomy.] Surgical excision or resection of a gyrus of the brain.1949 J. L. Pool et al. in F. A. Mettler Selective Partial Ablation of Frontal Cortex iv. 34 In 3 cases bilateral ‘gyrectomy’ was carried out; that is, removal of the superior frontal gyri..of... Oxford English Dictionary
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Psychosurgery
Limbic leucotomy is a combination of subcaudate tractotomy and anterior cingulotomy. They designed an instrument which they called a leucotome and called the operation a leucotomy (cutting of the white matter). wikipedia.org
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prefrontal
prefrontal, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool. (priːˈfrɒntəl) Also præ-. [f. pre- A., B. + L. frons, front- forehead + -al1, or f. pre- + frontal.] A. adj. a. Situated in front of the frontal bone of the skull. b. Situated in the fore part of the frontal lobe of the brain.1854 Owen in Orr's Circ. Sc., Org. Nat... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cedric Howell Swanton
Swanton also performed leucotomy on many patients. wikipedia.org
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tractotomy
tractotomy Surg. (trækˈtɒtəmɪ) [f. tract n.3 + -o + -tomy.] An operation in which certain nerve tracts in the brain are severed or destroyed.1938 O. Sjöqvist in Acta Psychiatrica (Copenhagen) Suppl. 17. 95 Section of the tract could be performed without accessory lesions or other disadvantages to th... Oxford English Dictionary
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Francis Reitmann
source of mental illness, and therefore mental problems could be treated by physical means; he carried out experiments in the fields of shock therapy and leucotomy wikipedia.org
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