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cingulotomy

The English word “cingulotomy” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A form of brain surgery in which an electric current is used to destroy the cortex of the cingulate gyrus and part of the corpus callosum.

Etymology

From cingulum + -otomy.

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