hysterectomy
noun
hys·ter·ec·to·my
ˌhi-stə-ˈrek-tə-mē 
plural hysterectomies
: surgical removal of the uterus
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a surgeon who has performed many hysterectomies
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She's talked about getting a hysterectomy to treat endometriosis; having the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania; going through IVF treatments; and hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that causes severe vomiting and nausea all throughout a pregnancy.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2025
Benitez had — with assistance from the late prior Pope — considered a laparoscopic hysterectomy to remove his uterus and ovaries.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
Doctors might opt for a hysterectomy first for a number of reasons.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 6 Dec. 2024
November 16, 2024 To Quit Their Jobs, Sugar Workers Risk Kidnapping, Assault and Murder
Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies?
—Eric Lipton Saumya Khandelwal Elisabeth Egan Dara Lind, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2025
Benitez had — with assistance from the late prior Pope — considered a laparoscopic hysterectomy to remove his uterus and ovaries.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
Doctors might opt for a hysterectomy first for a number of reasons.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 6 Dec. 2024
November 16, 2024 To Quit Their Jobs, Sugar Workers Risk Kidnapping, Assault and Murder
Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies?
—Eric Lipton Saumya Khandelwal Elisabeth Egan Dara Lind, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Hysterectomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysterectomy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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hysterectomy
noun
hys·ter·ec·to·my
ˌhis-tə-ˈrek-tə-mē
plural hysterectomies
: surgical removal of the uterus see ovariohysterectomy, panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, supracervical hysterectomy
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