English

Noun

ovariotomy ‎(plural ovariotomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical removal of an ovary.
   • 2007 March 18, “‘Medical Apartheid’”, in New York Times:

     For example, researchers’ own statements reveal that the experimental development of gynecologic surgeries like Caesarian section, vesicovaginal fistula repair and ovariotomy were perfected almost exclusively using enslaved black women.

Synonyms

• oophorectomy
• ovariectomy

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