Definition of Oophorectomy

1. Noun. Surgical removal of one of both ovaries.

Exact synonyms: Ovariectomy
Generic synonyms: Ablation, Cutting Out, Excision, Extirpation

Definition of Oophorectomy

1. Noun. (medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of oophorectomy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oophorectomy

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Medical Definition of Oophorectomy

1. The removal of an ovary or ovaries. Synonym: ovariectomy. Origin: Gr. Ektom = excision This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oophorectomy

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Literary usage of Oophorectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"THE TECHNIQUE OF oophorectomy. BY CHARLES MEIGS WILSON, MD [Read December 28, ... ALTHOUGH so much has been written on the subject of oophorectomy that it ..."

2. Gonorrhea in Women: Its Pathology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Charles Camblos Norris (1913)
"One case of unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was well for two years, ... A case of bilateral salpingectomy and unilateral oophorectomy was well for two ..."

3. A Text-book of Operative Surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1903)
"Sigmoid rectum is sometimes in the same relation to the left tube. Artery.—Tubal branch of ovarian. OVARIECTOMY, OR oophorectomy. WITH REMOVAL OF FALLOPIAN ..."

4. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"In some instances a uterus devoid of its appendages has been attacked by cancer. In a few instances in which patients have undergone bilateral oophorectomy, ..."

5. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"oophorectomy. OVARIECTOMY. oophorectomy is extensively practiced to correct certain pathological conditions which are found in the ovaries to suppress the ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Dr. ALEXANDER R. SIMPSON reports (British Med. Journal, May 24, 1879) a case of double oophorectomy in which ..."

7. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1906)
"I WISH to put on record a case of anuria of thirty hours' standing, following double salpingo-oophorectomy, relieved by a secondary laparotomy. ..."

8. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"Salpingo-oophorectomy. Posterior fixation of round ligament on left and ... Salpingo-oophorectomy.—After the preliminary preparations have b carried out, ..."

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