hysterectomy
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hysterectomies
plural
noun
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Origin of hysterectomy
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The most consequential lie was the pregnancy she faked for nearly 10 months even after most of those close to her knew it was a fraud: She’d had a hysterectomy in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Historically, adenomyosis has been a condition which is hard to diagnose, as a hysterectomy was the only way to properly analyse the womb.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
She had a partial hysterectomy and bowel resection, and the endometriosis spread over her body including into her lungs.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Wondering about a link between emissions from nearby facilities and her own health woes, Nolan moved away after undergoing a hysterectomy, she said.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Then, at twenty-one, Grandma Jenny was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had a hysterectomy.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
Some of the most common procedures involving robotics include appendectomies, hysterectomies, and gastric bypasses.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
An extreme yet common consequence of this financial entrapment is hysterectomies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 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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