PROSTATECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prostatectomy mean? 

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

1. surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTATECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

 Context examples 

A type of surgical prostatectomy which attempts to spare the nerves that control erection.

(Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

An open prostatectomy may be done to remove an enlarged prostate gland in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or as a treatment for prostate cancer.

(Open prostatectomy, NCI Dictionary)