Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amygdalotomy

1 sense of amygdalotomy

Sense 1
amygdalotomy -- (psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence))
       => psychosurgery -- (brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems)