a surgical procedure where the nerve fibres that connect the frontal lobe to the rest of the brain are cut and part of the lobe is taken out.
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "FRONTAL LOBOTOMY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/frontal-lobotomy/ (accessed January 31, 2023).