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.

Also orchectomy, orchidectomy.

Origin of orchiectomy

orchi- + -ectomy

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Related Words for orchiectomy

sterilization, altering, orchiectomy, gelding, orchidotomy

orchiectomy in Medicine

orchiectomy

[ôr′kē-ĕk′tə-mē]

n.

Surgical removal of one or both testes.testectomy

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