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leucotome

/ˈluːkətəʊm/

leucotome noun: an instrument used to perform a leucotomy.

Noun

leucotome (plural leucotomes)

  1. An instrument used to perform a leucotomy.
    • All sorts of rubbish is lying in the sand: a typewriter with half the keys missing (he picks out fragmentary sentences, sometimes these seem to mean something), a smashed neurosurgical unit (he pockets a handful of leucotomes, useful for self-defence).1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

leucotome meaning in Tamil

leucotome in Tamil

மூளை முன்அலகு அறுவை

Forms of leucotome

pluralleucotomes

Origin of leucotome

From leuco- + -tome.

Questions about leucotome

What does leucotome mean?
Leucotome means an instrument used to perform a leucotomy.
What is leucotome in Tamil?
Leucotome in Tamil is மூளை முன்அலகு அறுவை. See Leucotome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leucotome?
Leucotome is a noun.
How do you pronounce leucotome?
Leucotome is pronounced /ˈluːkətəʊm/.
What is the plural of leucotome?
The plural of leucotome is leucotomes.

Words near leucotome in the dictionary

  1. leucothoe
  2. leucothoes
  3. leucothoid
  4. leucothoids
  5. leucotic
  6. leucotome
  7. leucotomes
  8. leucotomies
  9. leucotomy
  10. leucotoxic
  11. leucotoxicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leucotome (page history and authors); leucotome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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