oophorectomy
IPA: ˈufɝˈɛktʌmi
noun
- (medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
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Examples of "oophorectomy" in Sentences
- See also oophorectomy and hysterectomy.
- Ovarian tissue is frozen after oophorectomy.
- Oophorectomy significantly impairs sexual well being.
- Unintended oophorectomy and premature ovarian failure.
- For more information about female castration, see oophorectomy.
- In rare cases, oophorectomy can be used to treat endometriosis.
- Oophorectomy or ovariectomy is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries.
- Oophorectomy or the onset of menopause are the only complete cures for PMDD.
- The surgery usually is a fertility sparing unilateral salpingo oophorectomy.
- Until this time, the treatment for this type of breast cancer was oophorectomy.
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