HYSTERECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hysterectomy mean? 

• HYSTERECTOMY (noun)
  The noun HYSTERECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the uterus

  Familiarity information: HYSTERECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYSTERECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hysterectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hysterectomy"):

panhysterectomy; radical hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes)

total hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus and cervix)

 Context examples 

After a hysterectomy, you no longer have menstrual periods and can't become pregnant.

(Hysterectomy, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

A surgical procedure to remove the uterine body (partial hysterectomy) or the uterine body and cervix (total hysterectomy).

(Hysterectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

When the uterus and the cervix are removed, it is called a total hysterectomy.

(Hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called subtotal hysterectomy.

(Partial hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called total hysterectomy.

(Complete hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)

A hysterectomy is surgery to remove a woman's uterus or womb.

(Hysterectomy, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

When only the uterus is removed, it is called a partial hysterectomy.

(Hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)