oophorectomyn.
/ˌəʊəfəˈrɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊoʊfəˈrɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical removal of one or both ovaries; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs
female circumcision1697
nymphotomy1704
hysterotomy1707
ovariotomy1844
clitoridectomy1866
hysterectomy1872
oophorectomy1872
ovariectomy1873
clitorectomy1880
genital mutilation1884
myomotomy1884
myomectomy1886
salpingectomy1888
panhysterectomy1890
salpingo-oöphorectomy1890
trachelotomy1890
dilatation and curettage1906
vulvectomy1916
tubectomy1925
hymenectomy1931
salpingolysis1937
labiaplasty1964
scrape1968
female genital cutting1996
1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 225 Ovariotomy..to use a more distinctive term, Oöphorectomy..whose object and result is the removal of an ovarian tumor.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 868 Some of the more delicate surgical operations, such as castration, oöphorectomy, ovariotomy, etc., were..applied in operative surgery after repeated experiments upon living animals.
1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 488/2 Experiments on destruction of the mammillae, the effects of oöphorectomy and of extracts containing ovarian or gonadotropic hormones are discussed.
1977 Lancet 3 Dec. 1176/1 The pregnancy was terminated, and right oophorectomy was performed, 10 days after the mastectomy.
1994 Oxf. Textbk. Surg. II. xxx. 1428/1 A more conservative approach to initial surgery is favoured with unilateral oophorectomy only if careful staging suggests early stage disease.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > gynaecologist
woman physician1533
ovariotomist1865
gynaecologist1872
oophorectomist1883
1883 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 2) xix. 189 We have got some light on it from the practice of the oophorectomists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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