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