lobotomía

See also: lobotomia and lobotomią

Spanish

Etymology

From lobo (“lobe”) +‎ -tomía (“-tomy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lobotoˈmia/ [lo.β̞o.t̪oˈmi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: lo‧bo‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

lobotomía f (plural lobotomías)

1. (surgery) lobotomy

Further reading

• “lobotomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10