Definition of Leucotome. Meaning of Leucotome. Synonyms of Leucotome

- A leucotome or McKenzie leucotome is a surgical instrument used for performing leucotomies (also known as lobotomy) and other forms of psychosurgery....
- invented by Dr. Walter Freeman in 1948 to replace the unique form of leucotome used up until that point for the transorbital lobotomy procedure. This...
- centre for psychosurgery. Neurosurgeon John Crumbie designed his own leucotome (instrument for cutting the white matter in the brain) which was constructed...
- instrument (often called an orbitoclast or leucotome, although quite different from the wire loop leucotome described above) under the eyelid and against...
- by Moniz, the "white matter" in the frontal lobes was severed using a leucotome, an instrument Moniz designed specifically for the procedure. Freeman...
- frontal lobe. Later on, Moniz and Lima developed a new technique using a leucotome, a needle-like instrument with a retractable wire loop. By rotating the...
- cores of brain tissue. They designed an instrument which they called a leucotome and called the operation a leucotomy (cutting of the white matter). After...
- post-production. Props master Ken Hawryliw was forced to create his own leucotome after failing to secure a real one from a hospital. The title of the episode...
- therapy (defunct) Psychosurgery Lobotomy (defunct) Lobotomy instruments Leucotome Orbitoclast Lobotomy patients Howard Dully Pyrotherapy (defunct) Psychotherapy...
- of The Lancet. One patient died. Surgeon John Crumbie designed his own leucotome (instrument for cutting the white matter in the brain) which was constructed...