Orchidectomy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of orchiectomy.
  2. 2
    surgical removal of one or both testicles wordnet

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orchiectomyappendectomycastrationgeldinggonadectomyhysterectomy

Etymology

From Latin orchis (wrongly interpreting orchid- as the stem), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) + -ectomy.

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