frontal lobotomy

Noun

Meaning

surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lobotomy leucotomy leukotomy prefrontal leucotomy prefrontal leukotomy prefrontal lobotomy

Hypernyms

psychosurgery

Hyponyms

transorbital lobotomy

Examples

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Tom Waits

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Dorothy Parker

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. Fred Allen

Close letter words and terms

frontal lobe frontal lobe of pituitary gland frontal lobeless frontal nerve frontal nudity frontal plagiocephaly