lobotomy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lobotomy
    n 1: surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
         frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked
         cognitive and personality changes [syn: {lobotomy},
         {leukotomy}, {leucotomy}, {prefrontal lobotomy},
         {prefrontal leukotomy}, {prefrontal leucotomy}, {frontal
         lobotomy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lobotomy \lobotomy\ n. (Med., Surgery)
   The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
   frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.

   Syn: prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

lobotomy
 n.

   1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to
   have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers
   and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke.

   2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to
   replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in
   lobotomized form -- everything but the brain.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

lobotomy

   1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is
   said to have undergone.  At {IBM} and elsewhere this term is
   used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter
   doubtless intend it as a joke.

   2. The act of removing the processor from a {microcomputer} in
   order to replace or upgrade it.  Some very cheap {clone}
   systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the
   brain.

   [{Jargon File}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lobotomy":
      amygdalotomy, ankylotomy, arteriotomy, blepharotomy, caesarean,
      cardiotomy, celiotomy, cholecystotomy, cirsotomy, coccygotomy,
      colpotomy, craniotomy, cystotomy, embryotomy, enterotomy,
      gastroenterotomy, gastrotomy, glossotomy, hebotomy, herniotomy,
      hysterotomy, laparotomy, lithotomy, mastotomy, nephrotomy,
      neurotomy, ovariotomy, pancreatotomy, phrenicotomy, pneumonotomy,
      prefrontal lobotomy, prostatotomy, psychosurgery, salpingotomy,
      sclerotomy, thoracotomy, thyrotomy, tonsillotomy, ureterotomy,
      urethrotomy

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