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Noun: transorbital lobotomy
  1. A method of performing prefrontal lobotomy in which the surgical knife is inserted above the eyeball and moved to cut brain fibers

Derived forms: transorbital lobotomies

Type of: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy [Brit], leukotomy [N. Amer], lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy

Encyclopedia: Transorbital lobotomy