psychosurgery

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Etymology

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From psycho- +‎ surgery.

Noun

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psychosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural psychosurgeries)

  1. (surgery) Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness.
    • 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
      This was studied in humans where amygdalotomies were done not to control seizures but to control aggression. Such psychosurgery provoked fiery controversy in the 1970s. And I don't mean scientists not saying hello to each other at conferences. I mean a major public shit storm.

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