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ovariectomy

n. (context medicine English) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.

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ovariectomy

n. surgical removal of one of both ovaries [syn: oophorectomy]

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Because of this interrelationship between the pituitary and the gonads, the failure of the pituitary to hold up its end is as surely asexualizing as castration or ovariectomy would be.

Because of this interrelationship between the pituitary and the gonads, the failure of the pituitary to hold up its end is as surely asexualizing as castration or ovariectomy would be.