lobotomizes
Surgically cuts brain
Lobotomizes means performs a lobotomy—a surgical procedure that severs connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe, once used to treat mental illness.
The procedure left patients docile but often mentally diminished.
Figuratively, to lobotomize is to render something or someone dull, passive, or incapable of critical thought: Corporate ownership has lobotomized local news coverage.
Deprives of sensation
- neutralizesRemoves effect or danger
- gutsEntrails or boldness
- neutersSurgically prevents reproduction
- sanitizesEliminates pathogens from surfaces
defangs · silences · suppresses · stifles · deadens · flattens · hollows · strips
Medical field treating brain surgically
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- transorbitalThrough the eye socket
- craniotomySurgical skull removal procedure
trepanation · prefrontal · leucotomy · frontal · cortex · cerebrum · anesthesia · resection
Voluntary agreement given
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
autonomy · dignity · abuse · controversy · condemnation · backlash · stigma · morality
Shelter from persecution
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- patientAble to wait calmly
- wardProtected person; division
restraint · commitment · treatment · facility · hospital · confinement · discharge · deinstitutionalization
Mental knowledge acquisition
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
awareness · perception · intellect · personality · affect · emotion · initiative · volition
numbs
Deprives of sensation
- neutralizesRemoves effect or danger
- gutsEntrails or boldness
- neutersSurgically prevents reproduction
sanitizes · defangs · silences · suppresses · stifles · deadens · flattens · hollows · strips · emasculates
neurosurgery
Medical field treating brain surgically
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- transorbitalThrough the eye socket
craniotomy · trepanation · prefrontal · leucotomy · frontal · cortex · cerebrum · anesthesia · resection · surgeon
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- exploitationSelfish use of others
coercion · autonomy · dignity · abuse · controversy · condemnation · backlash · stigma · morality · eugenics
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- patientAble to wait calmly
ward · restraint · commitment · treatment · facility · hospital · confinement · discharge · deinstitutionalization · antipsychotics
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
consciousness · awareness · perception · intellect · personality · affect · emotion · initiative · volition · apathy
lobotomizesrestores
Returns to previous state
heals · rehabilitates · sharpens · awakens · enhances
lobotomizesstimulates
Prompts into action
awakens · enlightens · enlivens · engages · activates