ORCHIECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orchiectomy mean? 

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

1. surgical removal of one or both testicles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORCHIECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of one or both testicles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

orchidectomy; orchiectomy

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

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

 Context examples 

This may be done by giving an antiandrogen drug and removing the testicles (orchiectomy) or by giving an antiandrogen drug with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist.

(Combined androgen blockade, NCI Dictionary)

This approach has been widely replaced by the use of either surgical (orchiectomy) or medical (LHRH agonist) castration.

(Flutamide-Leuprolide Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

This approach has been widely replaced by the use of surgical (orchiectomy) or medical (LHRH agonist) castration.

(Flutamide-Goserelin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called orchiectomy.

(Orchidectomy, NCI Dictionary)