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Psychosurgery

Medical Definition: Treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
Guide Notes: coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM); DF: PSYCHOSURG
Also Called: Leukotomy,Lobotomy,Gyrectomy,Topectomy

Psychosurgery Medical Definitions and Terms

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