ovariotomy

American

[oh-vair-ee-ot-uh-mee] / oʊˌvɛər iˈɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

plural

ovariotomies

incision into or removal of an ovary.

ovariotomy British

/ əʊˌvɛərɪˈɒtəmɪ /

noun

surgical incision into an ovary Compare oophorectomy

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Other Word Forms

ovariotomist noun

Etymology

Origin of ovariotomy

1835–45; < New Latin ōvāriotomia, equivalent to ōvāri ( um ) ovary + -o- -o- + -tomia -tomy

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Ovariotomy saved more lives than any other surgical operation, but, taking Somerville as a basis of calculation, the ascertained results of preventive medicine had saved more lives in ten years, among thirty thousand people, than ovariotomy would save in the same time among two millions.

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The operation is termed ovariotomy.

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In 25 days the first woman ever to undergo an ovariotomy was "perfectly well."

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Lacking anesthesia, Jane Crawford kept up her courage by repeating the Psalms while Dr. McDowell made surgical history with the first ovariotomy � and removed a 15-lh. ovarian cyst.

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It was there that, in 1842, he first performed the operation of ovariotomy with which his name is associated.

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