What is "orchotomy"

Orchotomy \Or*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? a testicle + te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

n. The surgical removal of a testicle; castration.

n. surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)