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LOBOTOMIA [1 record]

Record 1 2009-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neurosurgery
DEF

An incision into a lobe (the frontal lobe, in brain operations for mental illness or intractable pain), as distinct from lobectomy, which means the removal of a lobe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Neurochirurgie
DEF

Section d'un lobe du cerveau ou de certains faisceaux nerveux unissant le cortex préfrontal aux noyaux cérébraux du thalamus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Neurocirugía
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