Term: lobotomy: surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
Candidate hypernym: psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems → 1
Candidate hypernym: burning: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: bedspread: decorative cover for a bed → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellowfin: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnetization: the physical property of being magnetic → 0
Candidate hypernym: plenipotentiary: a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government → 0
Candidate hypernym: ampulla: the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear → 0
Candidate hypernym: paragrapher: a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper) → 0
Candidate hypernym: unio: type genus of the family Unionidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: orchestiidae: beach fleas → 0
Candidate hypernym: biotite: dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock → 0