Usually means: Surgical removal of the uterus.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. hysterectomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hysterectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hysterectomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hysterectomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hysterectomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hysterectomy, hysterectomy: Wordnik
  7. hysterectomy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hysterectomy: Wiktionary
  9. hysterectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hysterectomy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hysterectomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hysterectomy: Dictionary.com
  13. hysterectomy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hysterectomy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hysterectomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hysterectomy: Rhymezone
  17. hysterectomy: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hysterectomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hysterectomy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. hysterectomy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hysterectomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. hysterectomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hysterectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  7. Endometrial Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Hysterectomy: Merck Manuals
  9. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  11. Hysterectomy: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  12. Hysterectomy: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. hysterectomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  14. hysterectomy: Medical dictionary
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. Hysterectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  17. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hysterectomy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hysterectomies as well.)

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noun:  (surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

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