TURP

/ (tɜːp) /

n acronym for

surgery transurethral resection of the prostate: a surgical procedure in which an electronic cutting implement is fed through the urethra to remove part of an enlarged prostate

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How to use TURP in a sentence

For years the boughs and the TURP of the trees had been dropping down.
Boy Scouts in the Northwest | G. Harvey Ralphson
Rash on the part of TURP, but the case was settled in a Rashional way.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 3, 1895 | Various

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