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ovariotomy

ovariotomy

9.9
A medical operation that removes part or all of an ovary, including a growth
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvəˈrɪətəmi/
  • Specialized
: ovariotomía
  • She underwent an ovariotomy to treat her ovarian tumor and is now recovering well.

Examples

  • Moreover, procedures like clitoridectomy and "normal ovariotomy," even in the days of their greatest acceptance, were performed on a small minority of American women.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The doctor recommended an ovariotomy to remove the cyst from her ovary.

  • After reviewing the scans, the surgeon decided that an ovariotomy was necessary to address the growth.

How Extensive

ovariectomy
  • Specialized
1 7.9
ovariotomy
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

ovariotomy singular
ovariotomies plural

Morphology

ovariotomy = ovary (semi-transparent) = ovari + otomy

The suffix '-otomy' indicates a surgical operation, but its specific application to 'ovary' may not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Ovariotomy comes from the Latin ovarium, meaning 'egg place', and the Greek part -tomy, meaning 'cutting', as in lobotomy. So ovariotomy literally means 'cutting of the ovary', which fits its use for an operation to remove or treat an ovary.