ORCHOTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))

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