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orchiectomy

[awr-kee-ek-tuh-mee]
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noun, plural or·chi·ec·to·mies. Surgery.

excision of one or both testes; castration.

RELATED WORDS

sterilization, altering, gelding, orchidotomy

Nearby words

  1. orchiditis,
  2. orchido-,
  3. orchidology,
  4. orchidometer,
  5. orchidotomy,
  6. orchiepididymitis,
  7. orchil,
  8. orchio-,
  9. orchiocele,
  10. orchiopathy
Also orchectomy, orchidectomy.

Origin of orchiectomy

orchi- + -ectomy
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Medicine definitions for orchiectomy

orchiectomy

[ôr′kē-ĕk′tə-mē]

n.

Surgical removal of one or both testes.testectomy
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