leucotomy
- n surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
- One approach has been to cut white nerve bundles in the front part of the brain (lobotomy or leucotomy).
- It is called pre-frontal leucotomy, involves drilling a small hole in the temple, inserting a narrow, flat-bladed instrument with which a fan-shaped cut is made in the brain .