TURP

/ (tɜːp) /

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n acronym for

surgery transurethral resection of the prostate: a surgical procedure in which an electronic cutting implement is fed through the urethra to remove part of an enlarged prostate

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Words nearby TURP

turn up the heat on, turn up trumps, turnverein, turophile, turophobia, TURP, turpentine, turpentine tree, turpeth, Turpin, turpitude

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How to use TURP in a sentence

For years the boughs and the turp of the trees had been dropping down.
Boy Scouts in the Northwest|G. Harvey Ralphson
Rash on the part of Turp, but the case was settled in a Rashional way.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 3, 1895|Various

Medical definitions for TURP

TURP

abbr.

transurethral resection of the prostate