"psychosurgery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: psychosurgeries [plural]
Etymology: From psycho- + surgery. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|surgery}} psycho- + surgery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} psychosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural psychosurgeries)
  1. (surgery) Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness. Wikipedia link: psychosurgery Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery Derived forms: psychosurgeon, psychosurgical Related terms: lobotomy, neurosurgery
    Sense id: en-psychosurgery-en-noun-NPR6EnsB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with psycho- Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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