OOPHORECTOMY


Meaning of OOPHORECTOMY in English

/oh'euh feuh rek"teuh mee/ , n. , pl. oophorectomies . Surg.

the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.

[ 1870-75; oophor ( on ) ovary (neut. of Gk oiophóros egg-bearing; see OO-, -PHORE) + -ECTOMY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .