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Noun: salpingectomy
  1. Surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes
    "A bilateral salpingectomy was performed as a sterilization procedure";
    - tubectomy

Derived forms: salpingectomies

Type of: ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation

Encyclopedia: Salpingectomy