ovariotomy
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ovariotomy (countable and uncountable, plural ovariotomies)
- (surgery) A surgical removal of an ovary.
- 2007 March 18, “‘Medical Apartheid’”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
Translations
|