The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ovariotomy
Ovariotomy \O*va`ri*ot"o*my\, n. [Ovarium + Gr. te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; o["o]phorectomy.
Wiktionary
ovariotomy
n. (cx surgery English) A surgical removal of an ovary.
Usage examples of "ovariotomy".
Terrier describes double ovariotomy for fibromata in a woman of seventy-seven.
This noted operator performed, synchronously, double ovariotomy and resections of portions of the bladder and ileum, for a large medullary carcinomatous growth of the ovary, with surrounding involvement.
Menstruation after hysterectomy and ovariotomy has been attributed to the incomplete removal of the organs in question, yet upon postmortem examination of some cases no vestige of the functional organs in question has been found.