OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27619

lobotomy

/ləˈbɒt.ə.mi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lobotomía
A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour.
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