ultrasonic irradiation

ultrasonic irradiation

a form of psychosurgery in which sound waves of a frequency of 1000 kHz are directed through trephine openings in the skull for up to 14 minutes. It is an alternative to prefrontal lobotomy (see lobotomy) and is rarely used now.

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