"lobotomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ləˈbɒt.ə.mi/ [UK], /ləˈbɑː.ɾə.mi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lobotomy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lobotomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtəmi Etymology: From lobe + -otomy. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|lobe|-otomy}} lobe + -otomy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lobotomy (countable and uncountable, plural lobotomies)
  1. A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (surgical operation): lobotomia [feminine] (Catalan), 前腦葉白質切除術 (Chinese Mandarin), 前脑叶白质切除术 (qiánnǎoyèbáizhíqiēchúshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 腦葉切除術 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑叶切除术 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑叶切除术 (nǎoyèqiēchúshù) (Chinese Mandarin), lobotomie [feminine] (Czech), lobotomi [common-gender] (Danish), det hvide snit [neuter] (Danish), lobotomie [feminine] (Dutch), lobotomia (Finnish), lobotomie [feminine] (French), lobotomía [feminine] (Galician), Lobotomie [feminine] (German), λοβοτομή (lovotomí) [feminine] (Greek), hvítuskurður [masculine] (Icelandic), lobotomia [feminine] (Italian), 精神外科 (seishingeka) (alt: せいしんげか) (Japanese), лобото́мија (lobotómija) [feminine] (Macedonian), lobotomija [feminine] (Maltese), lobotomia [feminine] (Polish), lobotomia (Portuguese), лоботоми́я (lobotomíja) [feminine] (Russian), lobotomía [feminine] (Spanish), lobotomi [common-gender] (Swedish), лоботомі́я (lobotomíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), phẫu thuật thuỳ não (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lobotomy-en-noun-U3wpP9UI Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -otomy Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -otomy: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of 'surgical operation': 84 10 7
  2. The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lobotomy-en-noun-pELekErj Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -otomy Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -otomy: 31 35 34
  3. The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lobotomy-en-noun-3E~zVF1x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -otomy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -otomy: 31 35 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leucotomy Derived forms: ice-pick lobotomy, lobotomist, lobotomite, lobotomize

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лоботоми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "surgical operation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lobotomía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "surgical operation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lobotomi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lobotomíja",
      "sense": "surgical operation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лоботомі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "surgical operation",
      "word": "phẫu thuật thuỳ não"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lobotomy"
  ],
  "word": "lobotomy"
}

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