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psychosurgery

/,saɪkoʊ'sɜrdʒəri/

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noun
brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
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Definition that contains psychosurgery

amygdalotomy psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)