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Czech
Noun
lobotomie f
- lobotomy
Declension
Declension of lobotomie (soft feminine)
Further reading
- “lobotomie”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English lobotomy, coined by Walter Jackson Freeman II, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “lobe (of the brain)”) + τομή (tomḗ, “cut, slice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌloː.boː.toːˈmi/
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo‧to‧mie
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
lobotomie f (plural lobotomieën, diminutive lobotomietje n)
- lobotomy
1939 November 21, P. M. van Wulfften Palthe, “Feuilleton. Indrukken van het derde internationale neurologencongres gehouden te Kopenhagen van 21 tot 26 Augustus 1939”, in Geneeskundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië, number 47, page 3004:Eenigszins in dezelfde lijn was het enthousiasme van WALTER FREEMAN over de lobotomie (Moniz) bij neurosen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
lobotomie f (plural lobotomies)
- lobotomy
Further reading
Italian
Noun
lobotomie f
- plural of lobotomia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French lobotomie. By surface analysis, lob + -o- + -tomie.
Noun
lobotomie f (plural lobotomii)
- lobotomy
Declension