OOPHORECTOMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 6

n. O-o2f-o2r-e2kt'om-i2. From <?6v, an egg, ','iop.is. bearing, and KTO/UI?, a cutting out. Fr., oophorectomie, ovariectomie. Ger., Oophorectomie, Oopliorektomie, Eierstockausrottung. Excision of the ovary, especially (as conventionally distinguished from ovariotomy) for any other reason than the existence of an ovarian tumor. [s. 143]