psychosurgery

Words with a similar base: psychosurgery

'psychosurgery'

[psychosurgery.n.01] as in: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems

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					psychosurgery (English)
├── psycho- (English)
│   └── ψυχή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│       └── ψύχω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── surgery (English)
    └── surgerie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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