orchiectomy
noun
or·chi·ec·to·my
ˌȯr-kē-ˈek-tə-mē 
plural orchiectomies
: surgical removal of one or both testes
Examples of orchiectomy in a Sentence
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Both can also be used in transgender women who have undergone orchiectomy but still have secondary male features like hair loss.
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Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
Even so, orchiectomy may be an early option for people who cannot take testosterone blockers for any reason (including a drug allergy or having a kidney or liver disease).
—Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
Now, Jane's facial feminization surgery and orchiectomy (surgery to remove testicles) have been canceled until further notice.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2020
But even with a private nurse, my father soon developed bedsores, and then suffered the agony of an orchiectomy to remove gangrenous testicles.
—Lynn Freed, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
That leads to denials when, say, a doctor seeks reimbursement for a transgender woman's orchiectomy.
—CNN, 31 May 2018
Silletti started performing orchiectomies on transgender patients in 2013.
—CNN, 31 May 2018
The treatment is called an orchiectomy, which is the removal of the testis via the lower abdomen wall.
—Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 14 Dec. 2017
Dos Santos said Wright has requested an orchiectomy, a surgical procedure to remove the testicles, before she is released from state custody next year.
—OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
Even so, orchiectomy may be an early option for people who cannot take testosterone blockers for any reason (including a drug allergy or having a kidney or liver disease).
—Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
Now, Jane's facial feminization surgery and orchiectomy (surgery to remove testicles) have been canceled until further notice.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2020
But even with a private nurse, my father soon developed bedsores, and then suffered the agony of an orchiectomy to remove gangrenous testicles.
—Lynn Freed, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
That leads to denials when, say, a doctor seeks reimbursement for a transgender woman's orchiectomy.
—CNN, 31 May 2018
Silletti started performing orchiectomies on transgender patients in 2013.
—CNN, 31 May 2018
The treatment is called an orchiectomy, which is the removal of the testis via the lower abdomen wall.
—Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 14 Dec. 2017
Dos Santos said Wright has requested an orchiectomy, a surgical procedure to remove the testicles, before she is released from state custody next year.
—OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
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First Known Use
circa 1894, in the meaning defined above
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orchiectomy
noun
or·chi·ec·to·my
ˌȯr-kē-ˈek-tə-mē
variants
also orchectomy
plural orchiectomies
: surgical excision of a testis or of both testes
called also orchidectomy
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