TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does total hysterectomy mean? 

• TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY (noun)
  The noun TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the uterus and cervix

  Familiarity information: TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the uterus and cervix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("total hysterectomy" is a kind of...):

hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)

 Context examples 

A surgical procedure to remove the uterine body (partial hysterectomy) or the uterine body and cervix (total hysterectomy).

(Hysterectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

When the uterus and the cervix are removed, it is called a total hysterectomy.

(Hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called total hysterectomy.

(Complete hysterectomy, NCI Dictionary)