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hysterectomy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /hɪstəˈɹɛktəmi/
  • rhymes with -ɛktəmi
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH2 S T ER0 EH1 K T AH0 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uterectomy, metrectomy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: procedure, operation, surgery, treatment, therapy

2

noun

Meaning 2

surgical removal of the uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision

Narrower terms: radical hysterectomy, panhysterectomy, total hysterectomy

History

Etymology

From hyster- + -ectomy.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: histerectomia — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子宮切除術 /子宫切除术 (zǐgōng qiēchúshù) — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Czech: hysterektomie — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Dutch: baarmoederverwijdering — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Dutch: hysterectomie — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Finnish: kohdunpoisto — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • French: hystérectomie — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • German: Gebärmutterentfernung — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • German: Hysterektomie — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Greek: υστερεκτομή (ysterektomí) — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Icelandic: legnám — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Italian: isterectomia — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Japanese: 子宮摘出術 (shikyūtekishutsu) — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Korean: 자군 절제 (jagun jeolje) — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Polish: histerektomia — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Portuguese: histerectomia — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Russian: гистерэктоми́я (gisterɛktomíja) — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Spanish: histerectomía — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Swedish: hysterektomi — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof
  • Tagalog: alisbahay-bata — surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof