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tubectomy

American  
[too-bek-tuh-mee, tyoo-] / tuˈbɛk tə mi, tyu- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

tubectomies

  1. salpingectomy.

Etymology

Origin of tubectomy

First recorded in 1920–25; tube + -ectomy

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