Definition of Frontal lobotomy

1. Noun. Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontal Lobotomy

frontal border of parietal bone
frontal border of sphenoid bone
frontal branch of superficial temporal artery
frontal cortex
frontal crest
frontal eminence
frontal fontanel
frontal foramen
frontal grooves
frontal gyrus
frontal horn
frontal lobe
frontal lobe epilepsy
frontal lobe of cerebrum
frontal lobes
frontal lobotomy (current term)
frontal margin
frontal nerve
frontal notch
frontal part of corpus callosum
frontal plane
frontal plate
frontal pole
frontal pole of cerebrum
frontal process of maxilla
frontal process of zygomatic bone
frontal region of head
frontal section
frontal sinus
frontal sinus aperture

Literary usage of Frontal lobotomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Political Psychos by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"(Hatonn: This is called pre-frontal lobotomy.) Exercises in sexual attack on patients should be practiced by the psychopolitical operative to demonstrate ..."

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