English noun: psychosurgery | |||
1. | psychosurgery (act) brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems | ||
Broader (hypernym) | brain surgery | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amygdalotomy, callosectomy, callosotomy, frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy | ||