leucotomy

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leucotomy

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Alternative forms

• leukotomy

Etymology

From leuco- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

leucotomy (plural leucotomies)

1. Synonym of lobotomy.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 76:

     It was the invention of the frontal lobotomy (though it was then often called a leucotomy, particularly in Britain).

Further reading

• “leucotomy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “leucotomy”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “leucotomy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “leucotomy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “leucotomy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “leucotomy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.