prostatectomy

English

Etymology

From prostate +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

prostatectomy (plural prostatectomies)

(surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
- 2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies:
  Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.

Hyponyms

radical prostatectomy

Derived terms

radical prostatectomy

Translations

surgical removal of prostate

Catalan: prostatectomia f
Finnish: prostatektomia
French: prostatectomie (fr) f
Galician: prostatectomía f
Italian: prostatectomia (it) f
Persian: پروستات‌برداری (porostât-bardâri)
Spanish: prostatectomía f

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