Ovariectomize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove the ovaries from. transitive
"Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 )."
Synonyms
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More examples"Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 )."
Etymology
From ovariectomy + -ize.