(total) hysterectomy
1total hysterectomy — to·tal hysterectomy tōt əl n PANHYSTERECTOMY * * * hysterectomy in which the uterus and cervix are completely excised; called also panhysterectomy …
2total hysterectomy — Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix. Sometimes, not all of the cervix is removed. Also called complete hysterectomy …
3total hysterectomy — noun surgical removal of the uterus and cervix • Hypernyms: ↑hysterectomy …
4Hysterectomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 68.9 MeSH D007044 A hysterectomy (from Greek ὑστέρα hys …
5Hysterectomy — A surgical operation to remove the uterus and, sometimes, the cervix. Removal of the entire uterus and the cervix is referred to as a total hysterectomy. Removal of the body of the uterus without removing the cervix is referred to as a subtotal… …
6hysterectomy — /his teuh rek teuh mee/, n., pl. hysterectomies. Surg. excision of the uterus. [1885 90; HYSTER + ECTOMY] * * * Surgical removal of the uterus, either completely (total hysterectomy) or leaving the cervix (subtotal hysterectomy). It is performed… …
7hysterectomy — n. the surgical removal of the uterus, either through an incision in the abdominal wall (abdominal hysterectomy) or through the vagina (vaginal hysterectomy). Subtotal hysterectomy (rarely performed now) involves removing the body of the uterus… …
8hysterectomy — Surgery to remove the uterus and, sometimes, the cervix. When the uterus and part or all of the cervix are removed, it is called a total hysterectomy. When only the uterus is removed, it is called a partial hysterectomy …
9Гистерэктомия (Hysterectomy) — хирургическое удаление матки, выполняемое либо через разрез в брюшной стенке (абдоминальная гистерэктомия (abdominal hysterectomy)), либо через влагалище (влагалищная гистерэктомия (vaginal hysterectomy)). При надвлагалищной экстирпации матки… …
10complete hysterectomy — Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix. Sometimes, not all of the cervix is removed. Also called total hysterectomy …