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Definition of Orchidectomy
1. Noun. Surgical removal of one or both testicles.
Definition of Orchidectomy
1. Noun. (context: surgery) The procedure to remove one or both testes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Orchidectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchidectomy
Literary usage of Orchidectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Surgery, General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1910)
"If the testicle is diseased, orchidectomy is performed. It was long believed that
orchidectomy was useless if the vesicles and prostate were involved, ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"In the cases of double orchidectomy all the patients had been leading a complete
catheter life for some time; in two cases as long as seven years. ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"All would have been saved had an abdominal orchidectomy been done before the
onset of malignancy; that is, shortly after puberty. ..."
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