penectomyn.
/pɛˈnɛktəmi/, /piːˈnɛktəmi/, U.S. /piˈnɛktəmi/ Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.
Amputation of all or part of the penis; an instance of this.
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1965 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 147 373 (title) Preparation of teaser bulls by penectomy.
1975 Cancer 35 1707/2 The repeat biopsy in 1971 was followed a week later by partial penectomy.
1991 Independent 22 Mar. 26/2 When he recovered from the anaesthetic he found that he had undergone a penectomy, instead of skin graft.
2004 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. Pathol. 12 139 We evaluated the accuracy and completeness of pathologic information obtained from biopsies of 57 consecutive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis, and compared it with the information obtained from penectomies.
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