Exact Match:
- amygdalotomy
- psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- lobotomy
collapse - surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes related words >
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- prostatotomy,
- psychosurgery,
- salpingotomy,
- sclerotomy,
- thoracotomy,
- thyrotomy,
- tonsillotomy,
- ureterotomy,
- urethrotomy
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