- dorsomedial thalamotomy
- production of lesions in the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus, a psychosurgical technique for the relief of certain anxiety states, psychoses, and obsessive-compulsive states.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
dorsomedial thalamotomy
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