ovariotomy

English

Etymology

From ovary + -o- + -tomy.

Noun

ovariotomy (countable and uncountable, plural ovariotomies)

  1. (surgery) A surgical removal of an ovary.
    • 2007 March 18, “‘Medical Apartheid’”, in New York Times:
      For example, researchers’ own statements reveal that the experimental development of gynecologic surgeries like Caesarian section, vesicovaginal fistula repair and ovariotomy were perfected almost exclusively using enslaved black women.

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