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orchotomy

American  
[awr-kot-uh-mee] / ɔrˈkɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

PLURAL

orchotomies

  1. orchidotomy.

Etymology

Origin of orchotomy

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

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Mutilation and infibulation of females have been practised by savages with the same end in view, while vasectomy, orchotomy, and ovariotomy, have had their avowed advocates in our own time.

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