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VULVECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vulvectomy mean?
• VULVECTOMY (noun)
The noun VULVECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of part or all of the vulva
Familiarity information: VULVECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of part or all of the vulva
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("vulvectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
Context examples
Also called modified radical vulvectomy.
(Partial radical vulvectomy, NCI Dictionary)
Also called partial radical vulvectomy.
(Modified radical vulvectomy, NCI Dictionary)
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