HYSTERECTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hysterectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hysterectomy"):

panhysterectomy; radical hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes)

total hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus and cervix)

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