OVARIOTOMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 7
n. Ov-ar-i2-o2t'om-i2. From ovarium, ovary, and TO/OH}, a cutting. Fr., ovariotomie. Ger., Ovariotomie. 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 (q. v.). Abdominal o. O. by means of an incision through the abdominal wall, [a, 34.] Vaginal o. O. by means of an incision through the vagina, [a, 34.] [s. 187]
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