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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 vulvaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VULVECTOMY (noun)


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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