How to Pronounce "lobotomized"
word
ləˈbɑːtəˌmaɪzd
luh-BAH-tuh-myzd
ləˈbɒtəmaɪzd
luh-BOT-uh-myzd
Definition
Having undergone a lobotomy, which is a surgical procedure removing or damaging part of the brain's frontal lobe, often resulting in changes to personality or loss of emotion. It can also describe someone acting dull, unemotional, or lifeless.
IPA Transcription
American English
ləˈbɑːtəˌmaɪzd
British English
ləˈbɒtəmaɪzd
Simplified Pronunciation
US
luh-BAH-tuh-myzd
UK
luh-BOT-uh-myzd
Listen in Context
The patient was lobotomized to treat severe mental illness.
After being lobotomized, she showed little emotion.
Many of the hospital's patients were lobotomized in the 1950s.
Sometimes he seemed so lobotomized, like nothing excited him anymore.