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- noun A
neurosurgical procedure whereby a tinyelectrical probe is placed in theglobus pallidus and heated in order to destroy a small area ofbrain cells .
Etymologies
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pallidus + -otomy
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One is a pallidotomy; the other was -- is the -- is a implant of an inner brain, like what amounts to a pacemaker for your brain.
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