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lo•bot•o•my
Pronunciation: (lu-bot'u-mē, lō-), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -mies.
Surg.
1. the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung.
2. See
prefrontal lobotomy. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.