hysterectomy

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hysterectomy

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Etymology

From hyster- +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪstəˈɹɛktəmi/
• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

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Noun

hysterectomy (plural hysterectomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 140:

     she even contemplated having her womb taken out to eliminate periods altogether, which would surely be her greatest possible career move, a tactical hysterectomy for ambitious women with menstruation problems

Derived terms

• abdominohysterectomy
• celiohysterectomy
• colpohysterectomy
• hemihysterectomy
• hysterectomise
• hysterectomize
• ovariohysterectomy
• panhysterectomy
• radical hysterectomy
• supracervical hysterectomy

 

Translations

surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof

Catalan: histerectomia f Chinese: Mandarin: 子宮切除術 / 子宫切除术 (zǐgōng qiēchúshù) Czech: hysterektomie f Dutch: baarmoederverwijdering; hysterectomie (nl) Finnish: kohdunpoisto (fi) French: hystérectomie (fr) f German: Gebärmutterentfernung f; (chiefly specialist) Hysterektomie (de) f Greek: υστερεκτομή (el) f (ysterektomí) Icelandic: legnám n Italian: isterectomia (it) Japanese: 子宮摘出術 (shikyūtekishutsu) Korean: 자군 절제 (jagun jeolje) Polish: histerektomia (pl) f Portuguese: histerectomia (pt) f Russian: гистерэктоми́я (ru) f (gisterɛktomíja) Spanish: histerectomía (es) f Swedish: hysterektomi (sv) c Tagalog: alisbahay-bata