noun
lobotomy; leucotomy; frontal lobotomy
Rare, highly technical medical term for a historical psychosurgical procedure. In modern contexts, the loanword ロボトミー is overwhelmingly more common.
See also: ロボトミー
前頭葉白質切截術は、現在ではほとんど行われていない。
Frontal lobotomy is hardly ever performed nowadays.
この医学書には「前頭葉白質切截術」という古い術語が載っている。
This medical book contains the old term '前頭葉白質切截術'.
The common modern loanword for lobotomy. 前頭葉白質切截術 is its rare, native Japanese equivalent used mainly in older or very formal medical texts.
A compound of 前頭葉 (frontal lobe), 白質 (white matter), 切截 (cutting, incision), and 術 (technique/surgery). The term was coined as a direct translation of the Western medical concept, but its exact historical derivation is uncertain.