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leukotomy

leukotomy is the alternative spelling of leucotomy.

Meaning of leucotomy

Noun

leucotomy (plural leucotomies)

  1. Synonym of lobotomy.
    • It was the invention of the frontal lobotomy (though it was then often called a leucotomy, particularly in Britain).2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 76
    Synonyms:
    lobotomy

Forms of leukotomy

pluralleukotomies

Origin of leukotomy

From leuko- + -tomy.

Questions about leukotomy

What is leukotomy the alternative spelling of?
Leukotomy is the alternative spelling of leucotomy.

Words near leukotomy in the dictionary

  1. leukothrombocytosis
  2. leukotic
  3. leukotome
  4. leukotomes
  5. leukotomies
  6. leukotomy
  7. leukotoxic
  8. leukotoxicity
  9. leukotoxigenic
  10. leukotoxin
  11. leukotoxins

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