Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
orchiectomy Audio
or·chi·ec·to·my [ awr-kee-ek-tuh-mee ]
Subclass of:
Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male; Castration
Definitions related to orchiectomy:
  • Surgery to remove one or both testicles.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Surgery to remove the testicles. Usually done to remove a cancerous testicle or to lower testosterone levels and slow or halt the growth of prostate cancer.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Surgical removal of one or both testicles.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The surgical removal of one or both testicles.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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