myomectomyn.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌmaɪoʊˈmɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical excision of one or more leiomyomas from the uterus; an instance of this.
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female circumcision1697
nymphotomy1704
hysterotomy1707
ovariotomy1844
clitoridectomy1866
hysterectomy1872
oophorectomy1872
ovariectomy1873
clitorectomy1880
genital mutilation1884
myomotomy1884
myomectomy1886
salpingectomy1888
panhysterectomy1890
salpingo-oöphorectomy1890
trachelotomy1890
dilatation and curettage1906
vulvectomy1916
tubectomy1925
hymenectomy1931
salpingolysis1937
labiaplasty1964
scrape1968
female genital cutting1996
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 811/2 The operation of myomectomy..is another product of the fertile mind of Schröder. It has been termed by him myomotomy, but for the sake of greater exactness the other term is to be preferred.
1900 Lancet 18 Aug. 501/1 Myomectomy should always be done when it was possible to save the uterus.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxviii. 46/1 Myomectomy is the treatment of choice in cases where it is desirable to preserve the uterus for future pregnancies.
1995 Mother & Baby June 124/3 Myomectomy is the conventional type of surgery that is more likely to find every tiny seed-sized fibroid than keyhole surgery.
2001 Observer 29 July (Life Suppl.) 39/2 One surgical solution is a myomectomy, where the fibroid alone is removed, leaving the womb intact. It is performed by keyhole surgery via the abdomen (laparoscopic myomectomy) or through the vagina (hysteroscopic myomectomy).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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