How to Use hysterectomy in a Sentence

hysterectomy

noun
  • Buchanan told a story of a woman who had a hysterectomy – the removal of the uterus.
    Alexa Jurado, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
  • My decision to get a hysterectomy came in the middle of the night.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Even a hysterectomy—total removal of the uterus and sometimes the cervix—isn’t a cure.
    Kirsten Slyter, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2019
  • By age 60, 1 in 3 women in the United States has had a hysterectomy.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • According to the lawsuits, three of the women have had a hysterectomy — one of them at age 28.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • One woman claims a hysterectomy is like cleaning out the garage.
    Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • Or maybe her mood swings are because of her hysterectomy.
    Allyson McCabe, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • The company says that the treatment doesn’t require hysterectomy, or removal of the uterus, as is...
    Stephanie Gleason, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2017
  • The only treatment where fibroids cannot grow back is the hysterectomy.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The carnival's in full swing as Ava talks to Mel about hysterectomies and freezing her eggs and selling the farm to a golf course developer.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Too many Black people are told that a hysterectomy is the only treatment option when that’s often not the case.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, SELF, 25 July 2023
  • After her first surgery failed to remove all the cancer, her doctor told her she’d need a hysterectomy.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 2 Aug. 2017
  • In place of a hysterectomy, the doctor recommended having a surgery that would remove a small piece of my cervix.
    The Cut, The Cut, 19 Oct. 2017
  • This increases the chances of excessive bleeding and even hysterectomy, a surgery in which the uterus is removed.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The next step for the actress was to undergo chemotherapy and then have a hysterectomy, per her doctors.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The transplant process involves two surgeries: a hysterectomy to remove the uterus and blood vessels from the donor and a surgery to implant them in the recipient.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Sarah Jo is also still a virgin, and still wears the scars of a radical hysterectomy at age 15, but is now very eager to lose that label.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
  • In most cases, a hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus) is the first treatment given for uterine cancer.
    Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • A month after the hysterectomy, Calloway-Fields discovered a lump in her breast.
    al, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The New Zealander has since had surgery to remove the growths and a full hysterectomy, and is now undergoing chemotherapy.
    Janine Puhak, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
  • After six weeks of radiation and a hysterectomy for Shuler, a home health aide worker, her plans were dashed.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Now, robots are often used in surgeries to remove gall bladders and in hysterectomies.
    Peter Loftus, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • Her lawyers noted such risks as that 0.9 percent of women need hysterectomies after a third C-section.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Fox, who is now 44 and lives in North Haven, underwent a partial hysterectomy and finally found a doctor to treat her.
    Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • When her symptoms flared yet again in early 2001, her surgeon recommended a hysterectomy to get rid of the problem once and for all.
    Jeanne Lenzer, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2011
  • It is also used to treat side effects of a hysterectomy or chemotherapy.
    Lindsay Weinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018
  • But also offered as an option is a hysterectomy, the complete removal of one’s uterus.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 July 2022
  • To save her life, doctors had to amputate below both elbows and both knees, and perform a hysterectomy.
    Amanda MacMillan, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Burdick feared that his job offer would be withdrawn, but, instead, Saudi officials flew Susan to Riyadh, checked her into the royal hospital, and brought in a renowned Danish surgeon to perform a hysterectomy.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The Newsroom actress revealed in March that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 and underwent a double mastectomy as well as a hysterectomy and oophorectomy, which is the removal of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024

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