Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the excision of the uterus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the
uterus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical removal of the uterus
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, I have not failed to note that the hysterectomy is the procedure about which I hear most often "It's the best decision I ever made."
In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007
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Certainly, somebody in my family was embarrassed by the word hysterectomy, and it might have even been Mom, herself.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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Certainly, somebody in my family was embarrassed by the word hysterectomy, and it might have even been Mom, herself.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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He paused, as if to give me a chance to comment, but I was silently reeling from the word hysterectomy.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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He paused, as if to give me a chance to comment, but I was silently reeling from the word hysterectomy.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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Certainly, somebody in my family was embarrassed by the word hysterectomy, and it might have even been Mom, herself.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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He paused, as if to give me a chance to comment, but I was silently reeling from the word hysterectomy.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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He paused, as if to give me a chance to comment, but I was silently reeling from the word hysterectomy.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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Certainly, somebody in my family was embarrassed by the word hysterectomy, and it might have even been Mom, herself.
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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Even when a hysterectomy is performed and the cervix is removed, the HPV remains in the body, unless the immune system can clear the infection.
Patricia Yarberry Allen: What to Do if You Have Genital HPV Patricia Yarberry Allen 2010
HERSFoundation commented on the word hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. The uterus is a hormone responsive reproductive sex organ that supports the bladder and the bowel. Uerine contractions that occur during orgasm are not possible without a uterus. There are alternatives to hysterectomy that keep the female organs intact. www.hersfoundation.org/anatomy.
January 1, 2012