ovariotomy
Americannoun
-
ovariotomies
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of ovariotomy
1835–45; < New Latin ōvāriotomia, equivalent to ōvāri ( um ) ovary + -o- -o- + -tomia -tomy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
In 25 days the first woman ever to undergo an ovariotomy was "perfectly well."
From Time Magazine Archive
Baker, ovariotomy, 231.Bryant, on excision of joints, 112.Buchanan,
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Stone performed ovariotomy on a girl of fifteen, removing a tumor weighing 81 1/2 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Chiene extirpated an ovary from a child of three; Neville duplicated this operation in a child one month younger; and Alcock performed ovariotomy on a child of three.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
It has been said that McDowell conceived the thought of ovariotomy from some suggestions thrown out by this great man.
From Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky A Sketch by David Wendel Yandell
Successful ovariotomies are infrequent in the extremely aged.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Gordon reports five successful ovariotomies during pregnancy, in Lebedeff's clinic.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
