orchiectomy

[awr-kee-ek-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

orchiectomies 

1. excision of one or both testes; castration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orchiectomy¹

orchi- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

She had learned during her examination that she needed to push back her surgery until the fall so that her orchiectomy scars would be fully healed.

From New York Times

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