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ORCHOTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("orchotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))