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

1 sense of callosectomy

Sense 1
callosotomy, callosectomy -- (severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy))
       => psychosurgery -- (brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems)