psychosurgery

• Nom désignant une intervention chirurgicale sur le cerveau, pratiquée sur des patients humains pour soulager des troubles mentaux ou comportementaux graves et autrement incurables.

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.

   Psychochirurgie

   • 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.