HYSTERECTOMY

n. surgical removal of the uterus

A hysterectomy (from the Greek word histera, meaning "womb") is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually performed by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be total (removing the body, fundus, and cervix of the uterus; often called "complete") or partial (removal of the uterine body but leaving the cervical stump, also called "supracervical"). In 2005, there were 617,000 hysterectomies performed in the USA. During a hysterectomy, in the last decade, an average of 73% of surgeons removed ovaries and fallopian tubes during the same operation, a procedure known technically as bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and less formally as ovariohysterectomy.
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Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. In a total hysterectomy, the uterus and cervix are removed. [more]Hysterectomy - Community and Resources

Noun
1. surgical removal of the uterus
(hypernym) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
(hyponym) radical hysterectomy, panhysterectomy

  An operation to remove the uterus and sometimes also the cervix.

Surgical removal of the uterus through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As opposed to a vaginal hysterectomy.