ORCHOTOMY Definition & Meaning

orchotomy

[ awr-kot-uh-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Surgery.

plural orchotomies.

orchidotomy.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of orchotomy¹

< Greek ó�� ( is ) testicle + -o- + -tomy

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Mutilation and infibulation of females have been practised by savages with the same end in view, while vasectomy, orchotomy, and ovariotomy, have had their avowed advocates in our own time.

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