Definition of "hysterectomy" []

• Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus. (noun)

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• "However, I have not failed to note that the hysterectomy is the procedure about which I hear most often "It's the best decision I ever made.""
• "Certainly, somebody in my family was embarrassed by the word hysterectomy, and it might have even been Mom, herself."
• "He paused, as if to give me a chance to comment, but I was silently reeling from the word hysterectomy."