leucotomy

English

Alternative forms

• leukotomy

Etymology

From leuco- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

leucotomy (plural leucotomies)

1. lobotomy.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 76:

     It was the invention of the frontal lobotomy (though it was then often called a leucotomy, particularly in Britain).