Orchotomy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The surgical removal of a testicle; castration. dated, uncountable, usually
- 2 surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) wordnet
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + -tomy.