orchidectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

ôr'kĭ-dĕk'tə-mē

orchidectomy orchidectomies

From Latin orchis (wrongly interpreting orchid- as the stem), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) + -ectomy.

orchiectomy

orchidectomist orchidectomize

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