embryectomy

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US/ˌɛm.bɹiˈɛk.tə.mi/

noun

Removal of an embryo/fetus, especially if implanted outside of the uterus.

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Meanings

nounembryectomy (countable and uncountable, plural embryectomies)

plural embryectomies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineRemoval of an embryo/fetus, especially if implanted outside of the uterus.

    Placentas and endometrial tissue was collected at 52–55 days of pregnancy by surgical embryectomy which involved removal of the entire conceptus and surrounding endometrial tissue.

    2015 August 13, “Differential Effects of Sodium Butyrate and Lithium Chloride on Rhesus Monkey Trophoblast Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From embryo + -ectomy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with embryectomy

hysterectomymastectomyvasectomyprostatectomycholecystectomynephrectomyendarterectomysplenectomylumpectomytonsillectomygastrectomyappendectomyhepatectomyoophorectomyvitrectomythyroidectomyadrenalectomylaminectomydiscectomystapedectomycolectomylobectomycystectomyovariectomy
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APA

embryectomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embryectomy

MLA

“embryectomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embryectomy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embryectomy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embryectomy.

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