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OVARIOTOMY

\ˌə͡ʊve͡əɹɪˈɒtəmɪ], \ˌə‍ʊve‍əɹɪˈɒtəmɪ], \ˌəʊ_v_eə_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_t_ə_m_ɪ]\

Definitions of OVARIOTOMY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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1. The removal of one or both ovaries, oothecotomy. 2. The operative removal of an ovarian tumor.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Removal of portion or whole of ovary.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The operation of removing a tumour from the ovary.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Oariotomy.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Removal of one or both of the ovaries. The term is conventionally restricted to the removal of ovaries that are the seat of manifest tumors, as distinguished from oophorectomy, [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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