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[syn: lobotomy, leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
lobotomy \lobotomy\ n. (Med., Surgery)
The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.
Syn: prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lobotomy
n 1: surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked
cognitive and personality changes [syn: lobotomy,
leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy,
prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal
lobotomy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lobotomy":
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
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
lobotomy
n.
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
lobotomized form ? everything but the brain.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
lobotomy
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]