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noun
The surgical removal of one or both testes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: testectomy, castration, gelding
Antonyms: none provided
noun
surgical removal of one or both testicles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: orchidectomy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
History
Etymology tree Latin orchis Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English orchiectomy From Latin orchis + English -ectomy.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
