epididymectomyn.
/ˌɛpɪdɪdɪˈmɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Excision of the epididymis.
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1900 G. M. Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 236.
1903 Jrnl. Trop. Med. 15 Jan. 25/1 The operation of epididymectomy can have only a very limited application in Egypt, owing to the late stages at which the disease is met with.
1938 Brit. Jrnl. Urol. 10 129 Epididymectomy is the operation of choice in tuberculous epididymitis.
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