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An⋅to⋅nio Ca⋅e⋅ta⋅no de A⋅bre⋅u Fre⋅i⋅re E⋅gas [ahn-taw-nyoo kah-uh-tah-noo duh uh-bre-oo fruh-ee-ruh ee-guh sh] , 1874–1955, Portuguese neurosurgeon: Nobel prize 1949. |
Moniz Mo·niz (mō-nēz', mô-nēsh'), Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas. 1874-1955.
Portuguese neurosurgeon. He shared a 1949 Nobel Prize for the development of prefrontal lobotomy as a radical treatment for severe psychoses.