TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transorbital lobotomy mean? 

• TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY (noun)
  The noun TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. a method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers

  Familiarity information: TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transorbital lobotomy" is a kind of...):

frontal lobotomy; leucotomy; leukotomy; lobotomy; prefrontal leucotomy; prefrontal leukotomy; prefrontal lobotomy (surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes)