ovariotomy
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Origin of ovariotomy
1835–45; < New Latin ōvāriotomia, equivalent to ōvāri ( um ) ovary + -o- -o- + -tomia -tomy
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In 25 days the first woman ever to undergo an ovariotomy was "perfectly well."
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
At what age is it best to practise castration and ovariotomy?
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
An ovariotomy in 1883 is a very different business, varying in certain important particulars.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
In the second month of pregnancy he also rotated an ovarian tumor causing acute symptoms and afterward performed ovariotomy without interfering with pregnancy.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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