amygdalotomy
1. [ noun ] (medicine,surgery) psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
Related terms: psychosurgery
Similar spelling:   amygdaloid
  amygdaloidal
  amygdaliform
  Amygdalus
  amygdalin
  amygdaline
  Amygdalaceae