lo‧bot‧o‧my /ləˈbɒtəmi $ ləˈbɑː-/
noun (
plural lobotomies)
[countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: lobe + -tomy 'cutting' (from Modern Latin -tomia, from Greek temnein 'to cut')]
a medical operation to remove part of someone’s brain in order to treat their mental problems
—lobotomize verb [transitive] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲