salpingectomy

[ sal-pin-jek-tuh-mee ]

/ ˌsæl pɪnˈdʒɛk tə mi /

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noun, plural sal·pin·gec·to·mies.Surgery.

excision of the Fallopian tube.

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Origin of salpingectomy

1885–90; salping- + -ectomy

Words nearby salpingectomy

salopettes, Salopian, salpa, salpicon, salpiglossis, salpingectomy, salpingemphraxis, salpingian, salpingitis, salpingitis isthmica nodosa, salpingo-

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How to use salpingectomy in a sentence

Removal of the tube would be called salpingectomy, and the excision of the ovary, ophorectomy.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Salpingectomy is more serious, because the operation can not be performed so near the surface of the body.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Vasectomy, ovariotomy and salpingectomy (with and without complete excision), castration.
Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress|Various
Salpingectomy is the cutting away of the whole or of a piece of the Fallopian tube (corresponds to vasectomy in the male).
Woman|William J. Robinson

To consider in the first place the operation of simple sterilization (vasectomy or salpingectomy).
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders|W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck

British Dictionary definitions for salpingectomy

salpingectomy

/ (ˌsælpɪnˈdʒɛktəmɪ) /

noun plural -mies

surgical removal of a Fallopian tube

Word Origin for salpingectomy

C20: from salpinx + -ectomy

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Medical definitions for salpingectomy

salpingectomy

[ săl′pĭn-jĕk′tə-mē ]

Surgical removal of the fallopian tube.tubectomy