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Lobotomy Pronunciation
Lobotomy is pronounced luh-BAH-tuh-mee, IPA /ˈloʊˌboʊˌtoʊmi/.
luh-BAH-tuh-mee
US /ˈloʊˌboʊˌtoʊmi/ · UK /ləˈbɒtəmi/
Syllables: luh · BAH · tuh · mee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: An outdated brain operation that cut connections in the frontal lobe.
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Lobotomy in a Sentence
- The lobotomy was abandoned once drug treatments arrived.
- He wrote a history of the lobotomy in America.
- A lobotomy left the patient permanently changed.
Common Mispronunciations of Lobotomy
Not loh-BOT-uh-mee
The opening syllable weakens to luh, so the word does not begin on the noun lobe even though it comes from it.
Not luh-BOH-tuh-mee
BAH is the sound to aim for in the middle, the o of hot held short and never a long oh.
Tip: Four beats, with only the second one loud: luh-BAH-tuh-mee.
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