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A form of brain surgery in which an electric current is used to destroy the cortex of the cingulate gyrus and part of the corpus callosum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: cingulectomy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English cingulum Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy English cingulotomy From cingulum + -otomy.
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