Orchotomy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orchotomy \Or*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? a testicle + te`mnein to
     cut.] (Surg.)
     The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the
     knife; castration.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  orchotomy
       n : surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for
           analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)