|
|
1. (n.) lobotomy
a surgical incision into or across a lobe, esp. the prefrontal lobe, of the brain to sever nerves for the purpose of relieving a mental disorder or treating psychotic behavior.
Etymology: (1935–40; lobe+-o-+-tomy)
|
| Definition of 'lobotomy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) lobotomy, leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal lobotomy
surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
|
| Definitions of 'lobotomy' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
|
1. 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 lobotomized form
— everything but the brain.
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'lobotomy' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of lobotomy 
