hysterectomizev.
/ˌhɪstəˈrɛktəmʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌhɪstəˈrɛktəˌmaɪz/ Surgery.
transitive. To perform a hysterectomy upon.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > perform operation on specific part or condition [verb (transitive)] > operations on female sex organs
hysterectomize1879
ovariotomize1927
ovariectomize1928
oophorectomize1955
1879 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Nov. 869/1 If any one thinks that he can under any other method open joints, puncture psoas abscesses, ovariotomise, hysterectomise the human frame with the almost absolute security from surgical calamity which may be daily and constantly observed among the results of antiseptic surgeons, he should bring forward the direct experience which justifies the statement.
1926 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 76 234 Twelve rats were hysterectomized when from 108 to 126 days old and the results noted by daily examination of the vaginal smears.
2001 RT Image 26 Mar. 25/1 As a result, nearly 200,000 women are hysterectomized to alleviate symptoms each year.
Derivatives
ˌhysteˈrectomized adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [adjective] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs
vaginoplasty1877
ovariotomized1900
hysterectomized1922
ovariectomized1924
oophorectomized1934
tubocornual1977
1897 Trans. N.Y. Obstetr. Soc. 1896–7 224 Almost invariably in the hysterectomized patients, the convalescence is long deferred.
1922 Mem. Univ. Calif. 6 91 The typical effect of cervical stimulation in causing the delay of ovulation was also secured in these hysterectomized animals.
2001 D. DeAngelo Sudden Menopause vi. 145 Some hysterectomized women do use progesterone, so that their HRT more closely resembles their body's preoperative hormonal environment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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