Definition of "turp" []

• Removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "A turp was a transurethral resection of the prostate."
• "On it was an old label, half-torn, but the letters "turp" could still be faintly seen."
• "His defense—and I tend to believe him—was that he'd never met the little turp before in his life, and anyway she said she was 18."