This is an outdated brain operation in which nerve pathways between the frontal lobe and the thalamus and hypothalamus are cut, in hopes of treating psychological disorders.
A. Neurotomy
B. Psychotomy
C. Lobotomy
D. Thalamectomy
Ans: C. Lobotomy
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