Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

orchidectomy

[awr-ki-dek-tuh-mee]
See more synonyms for orchidectomy on Thesaurus.com
noun, plural or·chi·dec·to·mies. Surgery.
  1. orchiectomy.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for orchidectomy

orchidectomy

noun plural -mies
  1. the surgical removal of one or both testes
Show More

Word Origin

C19: from Greek orkhis testicle + -ectomy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012