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urethrectomy

American

[yoor-uh-threk-tuh-mee] / ˌjʊər əˈθrɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

urethrectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of urethrectomy

First recorded in 1890–95; urethr- + -ectomy

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