Salpingo-oophorectomy


salpingo-oophorectomy sal·pin·go-o·o·pho·rec·to·my (sāl-pĭng’gō-ō’ə-fə-rěk’tə-mē)
n.
Surgical removal of an ovary and its fallopian tube.

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