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Psychosurgery Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix psycho-

Psychosurgery has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems

2

Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
brain surgery
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
amygdalotomy callosotomy lobotomy
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