psychosurgery
Use Psychosurgery in a sentence
koʊˈsɜr noun
treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
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| any surgical procedure on the brain, such as a frontal lobotomy, to relieve serious mental disorders | |
| psychosurgical | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
psychosurgery psy·cho·sur·ger·y (sī'kō-sûr'jə-rē)
n.
Brain surgery used to treat severe, intractable mental or behavioral disorders.
psy'cho·sur'geon (-sûr'jən) n.
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Psychosurgery has now become a rare procedure and is not a recommended treatment.
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