prostatectomy

English

Etymology

From prostate +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

prostatectomy (plural prostatectomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
   • 2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies:

     Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.

Hyponyms

• radical prostatectomy

Derived terms

• radical prostatectomy

Translations

surgical removal of prostate

• Catalan: prostatectomia f
• Finnish: prostatektomia
• French: prostatectomie (fr) f
• Galician: prostatectomía f
• Italian: prostatectomia (it) f
• Persian: پروستات‌برداری (porostât-bardâri)
• Spanish: prostatectomía f