The difference between trepanation and lobotomy
is that "trepanation" is the practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment and "lobotomy" is a surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
trepanation
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lobotomy
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Noun
- The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.
Synonyms
- (drilling a hole in the skull): trepanning, trephination, trephining
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Noun
- A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses.
- The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain.
- The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
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