- leu|cot|o|my
- leu|cot|o|my «loo KOT uh mee», noun, plural -mies.= lobotomy. (Cf. ↑lobotomy)╂[< New Latin leucotomia < leuco- lobe of the brain (< Greek leukós white) + -tomia a cutting < Greek -tomíā]
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leu|cot|o|mize — «loo KOT uh myz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, mized, miz|ing. = lobotomize. (Cf. ↑lobotomize) … Useful english dictionary
cot — cot·y·la; cot·y·lar; cot·y·le·don; cot·y·le·don·al; cot·y·le·don·ary; cot·y·lig·er·ous; cot·y·loid; cot·y·loph·o·ra; cot·y·loph·o·rous; cot·y·lo·saur; cot·y·lo·sau·ria; di·cot; di·cot·y·le·do·ne·ae; di·cot·y·le·do·nes; di·cot·y·les;… … English syllables
leu — ad·i·po·leu·co·cyte; am·y·lo·leu·cite; bou·leu·te·ri·on; ceph·a·leu·ros; far·leu; ho·moeo·te·leu·tic; ho·moeo·te·leu·ton; ho·moio·te·leu·ton; leu·ca·den·dron; leu·cae·na; leu·cet·ta; leu·ci·fer; leu·cine; leu·cite; leu·cit·ic; leu·ci·tite;… … English syllables
leucotic — leu·cot·ic … English syllables
leucotomy — leu·cot·o·my … English syllables
leukosis — leu·ko·sis or chiefly Brit leu·co·sis lü kō səs n, pl ko·ses or chiefly Brit co·ses .sēz LEUKEMIA esp any of various leukemic diseases of poultry leu·kot·ic or chiefly Brit leu·cot·ic kät ik adj * * * leu·ko·sis (loo koґsis) pl. leuk … Medical dictionary
ic — ot·ic; zo·ic; IC; ac·a·dem·ic; ac·ro·bat·ic; ac·ro·me·gal·ic; ac·ro·nar·cot·ic; acryl·ic; adon·ic; ae·ol·ic; aero·stat·ic; al·ca·ic; al·co·hol·ic; al·go·gen·ic; al·pha·nu·mer·ic; al·ta·ic; am·har·ic; am·o·rit·ic; an·al·pha·bet·ic; an·a·lyt·ic;… … English syllables
o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… … English syllables
leukotomy — Incision into the white matter of the frontal lobe of the brain. [leuko + G. tome, a cutting] prefrontal l. SYN: prefrontal lobotomy. transorbital l. SYN: transorbital lobotomy. * * * leu·kot·o·my or chiefly Brit leu·cot·o·my lü kät ə mē … Medical dictionary
leucotomy — n. the surgical operation of interrupting the pathways of white nerve fibres within the brain: it is the most common procedure in psychosurgery. In the original form, prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy), the operation involved cutting through the… … Medical dictionary
