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leucotomy
(redirected from leucotomies)

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leu·cot·o·my (l-kt-m)
n.
Variant of leukotomy.
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Almeida Lima, who presumably carried out all of the leucotomies.
The ice pick of oblivion: Moniz, Freeman and the development of ... by Getz, Marshall J. / Trames
Turning to medicine, suffice it to say that Antonio Egas Moniz was awarded the prize, in 1949, for performing leucotomies by banging an ice pick through the patient's eye socket, and wrenching it from side to side to sever their frontal lobes.
Victor Lewis-Smith column: Nothing noble in this prize by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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