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ovariotomy en · NOUN

Etymology

By surface analysis, ovario- + -tomy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of oophorotomy.
    • 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. 2007 March 18, “‘Medical Apartheid’”, in New York Times:

Forms

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Deriveds

ovariotomist · ovariotomize

Synonyms

oophorotomy

Translations (1)

it ovariotomia (Translations)