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Psychosurgery
Translation of "psychosurgery" into Russian
psychosurgery
Noun
UK
/ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒəri/
US
/ˌsaɪkoʊˈsɜrʤəri/
psychosurgery
psychosurgeries pl
Psychosurgery is a controversial treatment for certain mental disorders.
Психохирургия является спорным методом лечения некоторых психических расстройств.
Definitions
psychosurgery
Noun
UK
/ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒəri/
US
/ˌsaɪkoʊˈsɜrʤəri/
A type of brain surgery used to treat mental disorders by altering brain tissue.
The patient underwent psychosurgery in an attempt to alleviate severe symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The branch or practice of neurosurgery that seeks to relieve or modify severe psychiatric symptoms by operating on brain tissue.
Advances in imaging have renewed interest in psychosurgery as a treatment for intractable depression.