See Also: leucotomy(dictionary)

leucotomy (iou)



leucotomy noun. E18.
[from LEUCO- + -TOMY.]
Surgical cutting of the sclera of the eye. Only in E18.
Surgical cutting of tracts of white nerve fibres in the brain; orig. spec., prefrontal lobotomy; an instance of this. E18.
'leucotome noun an instrument used to perform leucotomy M20.
leucotomize verb trans. perform leucotomy on M20.