ovariotomist

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noun

Someone who performs a ovariotomy.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounovariotomist (plural ovariotomists)

plural ovariotomists

  1. historicalmedicineSomeone who performs a ovariotomy.First known use 19th c.

    Liston lashed the ovariotomists as ‘belly rippers’, and critics suggested it was done only to allow surgeons to practise pelvic surgery.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 351

Origin

From ovariotomy + -ist.

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