salpingectomy

[ sal-pin-jek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural sal·pin·gec·to·mies.

1. excision of the Fallopian tube.

salpingectomy

/ ˌsælpɪnˈdʒɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical removal of a Fallopian tube

Word History and Origins

Origin of salpingectomy¹

1885–90; salping- ( def ) + -ectomy

Word History and Origins

Origin of salpingectomy¹

C20: from salpinx + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Removal of the tube would be called salpingectomy, and the excision of the ovary, ophorectomy.

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Salpingectomy is more serious, because the operation can not be performed so near the surface of the body.

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Vasectomy, ovariotomy and salpingectomy (with and without complete excision), castration.

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Salpingectomy is the cutting away of the whole or of a piece of the Fallopian tube (corresponds to vasectomy in the male).

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To consider in the first place the operation of simple sterilization (vasectomy or salpingectomy).

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