hysterectomize

hysterectomize
/his'teuh rek"teuh muyz'/, v.t., hysterectomized, hysterectomizing.
to remove the uterus from by surgery.
Also, esp. Brit., hysterectomise.
[HYSTERECTOM(Y) + -IZE]

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