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.