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cingulotomy (medicine)


cingulotomy
<procedure> Formerly, a unilateral or bilateral surgical excision of the anterior half of the cingulate gyrus, but now accomplished by electrolytic destruction of the anterior cingulate gyrus and callosum.

Synonym: cingulectomy.

Origin: cingulum + G. Tome, a cutting