"hysterectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɪstəˈɹɛktəmi/ Forms: hysterectomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəmi Etymology: From hyster- + -ectomy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hyster|ectomy}} hyster- + -ectomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} hysterectomy (plural hysterectomies)
  1. (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus. Wikipedia link: hysterectomy Categories (topical): Genitalia, Gynaecology, Surgery Derived forms: abdominohysterectomy, celiohysterectomy, colpohysterectomy, hemihysterectomy, hysterectomise, hysterectomize, ovariohysterectomy, panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, supracervical hysterectomy Translations (surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof): histerectomia [feminine] (Catalan), 子宮切除術 (Chinese Mandarin), 子宫切除术 (zǐgōng qiēchúshù) (Chinese Mandarin), hysterektomie [feminine] (Czech), baarmoederverwijdering (Dutch), hysterectomie (Dutch), kohdunpoisto (Finnish), hystérectomie [feminine] (French), Gebärmutterentfernung [feminine] (German), Hysterektomie (english: chiefly specialist) [feminine] (German), legnám [neuter] (Icelandic), isterectomia (Italian), 子宮摘出術 (shikyūtekishutsu) (Japanese), 자군 절제 (jagun jeolje) (Korean), histerektomia [feminine] (Polish), histerectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), гистерэктоми́я (gisterɛktomíja) [feminine] (Russian), histerectomía [feminine] (Spanish), hysterektomi [common-gender] (Swedish), alisbahay-bata (Tagalog)

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