lobotomy

noun3

1. •
   (historical) A surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, specifically (neurosurgery), a procedure, now largely disused, involving severing connections between the prefrontal cortex and the thalamic region of the frontal lobe of the brain to treat certain mental illnesses.
2. •
   (historical) An operation involving the severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk.
3. •
   (figurative) An act of removing or separating, and often disregarding or forgetting, something.

   • Put another way, how can we avoid an ethical lobotomy in establishing an organizational perspective? — 2002