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orchotomy

American

[awr-kot-uh-mee] / ɔrˈkɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

orchidotomy.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

orchotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of orchotomy

< Greek órch ( is ) testicle + -o- + -tomy

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