AMYGDALOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amygdalotomy mean? 

• AMYGDALOTOMY (noun)
  The noun AMYGDALOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)

  Familiarity information: AMYGDALOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMYGDALOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("amygdalotomy" is a kind of...):

psychosurgery (brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems)