Lobotomy

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lobotomy \lobotomy\ n. (Med., Surgery)
     The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
     frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.
  
     Syn: prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lobotomy
       n : surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
           frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked
           cognitive and personality changes [syn: {leukotomy}, {leucotomy},
            {prefrontal lobotomy}, {prefrontal leukotomy}, {prefrontal
           leucotomy}, {frontal lobotomy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lobotomy":
     amygdalotomy, ankylotomy, arteriotomy, blepharotomy, caesarean,
     cardiotomy, celiotomy, cholecystotomy, cirsotomy, coccygotomy,
     colpotomy, craniotomy, cystotomy, embryotomy, enterotomy,
     gastroenterotomy, gastrotomy, glossotomy, hebotomy, herniotomy,
     hysterotomy, laparotomy, lithotomy, mastotomy, nephrotomy,
     neurotomy, ovariotomy, pancreatotomy, phrenicotomy, pneumonotomy,
     prefrontal lobotomy, prostatotomy, psychosurgery, salpingotomy,
     sclerotomy, thoracotomy, thyrotomy, tonsillotomy, ureterotomy,
     urethrotomy
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  lobotomy n. 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is
     said to have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both
     hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a
     joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order
     to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in
     `lobotomized' form -- everything but the brain.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  lobotomy
       
          1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is
          said to have undergone.  At {IBM} and elsewhere this term is
          used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter
          doubtless intend it as a joke.
       
          2. The act of removing the processor from a {microcomputer} in
          order to replace or upgrade it.  Some very cheap {clone}
          systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the
          brain.
       
          [{Jargon File}]