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hysterectomy
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| hysteria
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| hysterical
hysterectomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hysterectomy has 1 sense
- hysterectomy(n = noun.act) Array - surgical removal of the uterus; Array is a kind of ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation
has particulars: panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, total hysterectomy
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hysterectomy, n. (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of the womb.
Derivative
hysterectomize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology
Gk hustera womb + -ECTOMY
THESAURUS
hysterectomy
adenoidectomy, appendectomy, arteriectomy, castration, cholecystectomy, craniectomy, cricoidectomy, cystectomy, enterectomy, gastrectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, mammectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, nephrectomy, omphalectomy, oophorectomy, oophorocystectomy, orchidectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy, penectomy, pericardiectomy, phrenicectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, stapedectomy, tonsillectomy, ureterectomy, urethrectomy, vasectomy, venectomy
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