Entry: prostatectomy (n.)
Definition: Surgical excision of all or part of the prostate; an instance of this.
Other: No surprises on the definition here, but check this out:
1997
New Yorker 2 June 89/1 Marcel's younger brother, Dr. Robert Proust
was so celebrated for his prostatectomies that in the trade they were
called, ‘proustatectomies’.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 31
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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