penisectomy

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noun

penectomy

OriginAncient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ← English penis →
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Meanings

nounpenisectomy (plural penisectomies)

plural penisectomies

  1. humorousinformalnonstandardoftenpenectomy

    So one night Uranus is about to get busy with Gaia again […] but instead of getting sex he gets a SURPRISE PENISECTOMY Cronus all jumping out from behind a rock like “HAHA, GOT YOUR DICK, DAD.”

    2013, Cory O'Brien, Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology
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    At this point, it might be a relief if it were something like cancer... at least then I might be a little more certain I haven't infected her, and that can be cured with a penisectomy. (kidding!) I'm not certain that it can't be herpes.... but it seems odd that I wouldn't respond at all to the antiviral.

    2001 December 28, SMaxBB, “What else could it be”, in alt.support.herpes (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Englishpenis
  2. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  3. Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  5. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  6. Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
  7. Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
  8. Englishpenisectomy

From penis + -ectomy.

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APA

penisectomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penisectomy

MLA

“penisectomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penisectomy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penisectomy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penisectomy.

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