psychosurgery

• Sustantivo que designa la cirugía cerebral realizada en pacientes humanos para aliviar trastornos mentales o de comportamiento graves y que de otro modo son incurables; también se refiere a la especialidad neuroquirúrgica dedicada a estas intervenciones.

A noun referring to brain surgery performed on human patients to alleviate severe and otherwise untreatable mental or behavioral disorders.

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1. Brain surgery for mental disordersC2formalmedical

   Surgical procedure performed on the brain to treat severe and otherwise untreatable mental or behavioral conditions.

   Psicocirugía

   • Psychosurgery is considered a last resort for severe psychiatric disorders.
   • Modern psychosurgery techniques are far more precise than historical lobotomies.
   • The patient underwent psychosurgery to alleviate debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder.