hysterectomy
noun
hys·ter·ec·to·my
ˌhi-stə-ˈrek-tə-mē 
plural hysterectomies
: surgical removal of the uterus
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a surgeon who has performed many hysterectomies
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That could involve removing lesions or other tissue damaged by endometriosis or a hysterectomy, in which all or part of the uterus is removed.
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Cathy Cassata, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The appointment the late pope helped facilitate was for a laparoscopic hysterectomy that would remove the uterus.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The actress revealed last year that she had been diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer and has since undergone five surgeries, including a hysterectomy.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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The author of The Tiger and the Cage on writing about her hysterectomy, the absurdities of medical metaphor, and the illness narratives that liberate and limit us.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Cathy Cassata, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
The appointment the late pope helped facilitate was for a laparoscopic hysterectomy that would remove the uterus.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The actress revealed last year that she had been diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer and has since undergone five surgeries, including a hysterectomy.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Interview ‘The Inexplicable Facets of Living in a Human Body’: An Interview with Emma Bolden
Emma R. Cohen
The author of The Tiger and the Cage on writing about her hysterectomy, the absurdities of medical metaphor, and the illness narratives that liberate and limit us.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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hysterectomy
noun
hys·ter·ec·to·my
ˌhis-tə-ˈrek-tə-mē
plural hysterectomies
: surgical removal of the uterus see ovariohysterectomy, panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, supracervical hysterectomy
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