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 Translation for 'psychosurgery' from English to Russian
NOUN   psychosurgery | psychosurgeries
мед.наука
психохирургия {ж}
psychosurgery
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Translation for 'psychosurgery' from English to Russian

psychosurgery
психохирургия {ж}мед.наука
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Usage Examples English
  • A leucotome or McKenzie Leucotome is a surgical instrument used for performing leucotomies (also known as lobotomy) and other forms of psychosurgery.
  • Cingulotomy, the surgical severing of the anterior cingulum, is a form of psychosurgery used to treat depression and OCD.
  • Psychiatric somatotherapy (or somatic therapy) is the treatment of mental illness by physical means (such as medication, electroconvulsive therapy, or psychosurgery) rather than psychotherapy.
  • Initial applications were for psychosurgery.
  • Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD), is the neurosurgical treatment of mental disorder.

  • Deep brain stimulation is now being used as an alternative to ablative psychosurgery. There is debate about whether or not, for legislative purposes, it should be considered as psychosurgery.
  • He was instrumental in the decision by the Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer of psychosurgery, Gottlieb Burckhardt, to enter the medical field of nervous diseases.
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