Ovariotomy

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

  Ovariotomy \O*va`ri*ot"o*my\, n. [Ovarium + Gr. te`mnein to
     cut.] (Surg.)
     The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries;
     oophorectomy.
     [1913 Webster]