Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | lobe + -tomy 'cutting' (from Modern Latin -tomia, from Greek temnein 'to cut') |
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lo‧bot‧o‧my
plural lobotomies [countable]
plural lobotomies [countable]MH a medical operation to remove part of someone's brain in order to treat their mental problems
—lobotomize verb [transitive]
