hysterectomy
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hysterectomies
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noun
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In 1982, abdominal pain and bleeding forced her to cancel a tour, and in 1984 she had a partial hysterectomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
This week BBC presenter Emma Barnett revealed she had to have a hysterectomy for her endometriosis - which she said she never wanted to have.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Barnett's announcement came soon after she published a blog about the "hysterectomy I never wanted to have", external.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Under current medical practice, estrogen-only therapy is prescribed only to people who have undergone a hysterectomy because of the risk of endometrial cancer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
She had given birth to three children by the time she was eighteen, before her parents arranged for a hysterectomy.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
During those years 26 minors had “bottom surgery”—23 hysterectomies and three castrations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A whopping 90 percent of hysterectomies are considered elective, meaning not immediately lifesaving, for example, because of cancer.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
People who have had hysterectomies, and people with conditions like obesity or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects collagen and makes tissues stretchier, are at a higher risk.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024
Some of the most common procedures involving robotics include appendectomies, hysterectomies, and gastric bypasses.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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