prostatectomy

English

Etymology

From prostate +‎ -ectomy.

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
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• Galician: prostatectomía f
• Italian: prostatectomia (it) f