Meaning of LOBOTOMY
| Pronunciation: | | low'bâtumee
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| | Definition: | | [n] surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes |
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| | Synonyms: | | leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| | See Also: | | psychosurgery, transorbital lobotomy | |
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| | Definition: | | Lobotomy
This autobiography written by one of the original Ramones explores the New York punk rock scene, life in the 70s and 80s, drugs, what the rest of the Ramones were like, and what it was like to leave the legendary band and start over. more details ... |
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| | Definition: | | 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap clone systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the brain. [Jargon File] |
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| | Related Terms: | | amygdalotomy, ankylotomy, arteriotomy, blepharotomy, caesarean, cardiotomy, celiotomy, cholecystotomy, cirsotomy, coccygotomy, colpotomy, craniotomy, cystotomy, embryotomy, enterotomy, gastroenterotomy, gastrotomy, glossotomy, hebotomy, herniotomy, hysterotomy, laparotomy, lithotomy, mastotomy, nephrotomy, neurotomy, ovariotomy, pancreatotomy, phrenicotomy, pneumonotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prostatotomy, psychosurgery, salpingotomy, sclerotomy, thoracotomy, thyrotomy, tonsillotomy, ureterotomy, urethrotomy |
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