Definition
A surgical instrument designed to cut into or dissect brain tissue during medical procedures.
Etymology
From Greek enkephalos (brain) + -tome (cutting instrument, from temnein meaning to cut). This surgical term emerged in the 1800s when brain surgery became more feasible with better instruments.
Kelly Says
Encephalotomes are part of medical history's darker chapters—they were used before anesthesia and imaging made brain surgery safer, and surgeons had to develop these specialized tools just to understand what they were working with inside a living skull.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንስሳ ሰፍር
en-sisa sef-er
ARالعربية
شقّ الدماغ
shaq al-dimagh
BNবাংলা
মস্তিষ্কবিভাগ
mast-ishk-bibhag
CACatalà
encefalotòmia
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee-ah
CSČeština
encefalotómie
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
DADansk
encefalotomi
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
DEDeutsch
Enzephalotöm
ent-sef-ah-lo-tohm
ELΕλληνικά
εγκέφαλος τομή
en-ke-fa-los to-mee
ESEspañol
encefalotóma
en-sef-ah-loh-toh-mah
FAفارسی
شکاف مغزی
shakaf-e moghzi
FISuomi
aivojen leikkaus
ai-vo-jen leik-kaus
FRFrançais
encéphalotôme
ɑ̃.se.fa.lo.tɔm
HEעברית
חיתוך מוח
hit-tukh mo-ach
HIहिन्दी
मस्तिष्कविच्छेद
mast-ishk-vich-ched
HUMagyar
encefalotomia
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
encefalotóma
en-sef-ah-lo-toh-mah
ITItaliano
encefalotòma
en-sef-ah-lo-toh-mah
MRMR
मस्तिष्कविच्छेद
mast-ishk-vich-ched
MSBahasa Melayu
encefalotomi
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
MYမြန်မာ
လူမျိုး စိတ်
lu-myo seet
NLNederlands
encephalotomie
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
NONorsk
encefalotomi
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
PLPolski
encefalotómia
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee-ah
PTPortuguês
encefalotóma
en-sef-ah-lo-toh-mah
RORomână
encefalotomie
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
RUРусский
энцефaloтома
entsefalotoma
SVSvenska
encefalotomi
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mee
SWKiswahili
ukataji
oo-ka-ta-jee
TAதமிழ்
தலையின் வெட்டு
thalainin vettu
TEతెలుగు
మెదడు విభజన
meda-du vi-bha-jan
THไทย
การผ่าตัดสมอง
gaan-pha-tud-som-ong
TLTL
pag-a-hiwa ng utak
pag-a-hi-wa ng u-tak
TRTürkçe
ensefalotöma
en-sef-ah-lo-to-mah
UKУкраїнська
енцефалотомія
entsefalotomiya
URاردو
مغز کاٹنا
magz kaat-na
VITiếng Việt
phẫu thuật cắt não
fow-thuat-cat-nao