hysterectomy

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Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hystera, “womb”) + ἐκτομία (ektomia, “a cutting out of”).

Noun

hysterectomy (plural hysterectomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

Translations

surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof

• Catalan: histerectomia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮切除術 (cmn), 子宫切除术 (cmn) (zǐgōng qiēchúshù)

• Czech: hysterektomie (cs) f
• Dutch: hysterectomie (nl)
• Finnish: kohdunpoisto (fi)
• French: hystérectomie (fr)
• German: Hysterektomie (de)

• Icelandic: legnám (is) n
• Italian: isterectomia (it)
• Japanese: 子宮摘出術 (ja)
• Korean: 자군 절제 (ko)
• Russian: гистерэктомия (ru) (gisterektomija)
• Spanish: histerectomía (es) f

Derived terms

• hysterectomise
• hysterectomize
• ovariohysterectomy
• panhysterectomy
• radical hysterectomy
• supracervical hysterectomy