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Definition: Prostatectomy |
ProstatectomyNoun1. Surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Complete or partial surgical removal of the prostate. Three primary approaches are commonly employed: suprapubic - removal through an incision above the pubis and through the urinary bladder; retropubic - as for suprapubic but without entering the urinary bladder; and transurethral (transurethral resection of prostate). (references) |
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Crosswords: Prostatectomy |
| Specialty definitions using "prostatectomy": radical prostatectomy. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When incontinence in men is secondary to outflow obstruction and chronic retention is secondary to prostatic enlargement, it is best treated with prostatectomy. (references) | |
Men and women with stress and urge incontinence have benefited, whereas patients with severe sphincter damage (such as in postradical prostatectomy with constant leakage) generally do not benefit. (references) | ||
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| "Prostatectomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prostatectomy" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "prostatectomy": perineal prostatectomy ♦ radical prostatectomy ♦ retropubic prostatectomy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prostatectomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | prostatektomi (prostatic extirpation), operativ fjernelse af blaerehalskirten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prostatectomie (prostatic extirpation), verwijdering van de prostaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | prostatectomie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Prostatektomie, operative Entfernung der Prostata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | προστατεκτομή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | prostatectomia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ostatectomypray prostatotomia, prostatectomia. (various references) prostatectomía. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prostatectomy" (pronounced prÄ'stāte"ktumē) |
| 7 | -t e" k t u m ē | mastectomy. |
| 6 | -e" k t u m ē | appendectomy, hysterectomies, hysterectomy, lumpectomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy. |
| 4 | -t u m ē | anatomy, dichotomy, epitome, keratotomy. |
| 3 | -u m ē | academy, alchemy, anomie, Archenemy, astronomy, autonomy, blasphemy, economy, enemy, gastronomy, infamy, monogamy, polygamy, sesame, sodomy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-m-o-o-p-r-s-t-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: somatotype. | |
-4 letters: amorettos, astrocyte, asymptote, corotates, optometry, spectator, stateroom, tattooers. | |
-5 letters: acrosome, amoretto, attempts, attestor, capsomer, coattest, comatose, cometary, compares, comparts, comports, composer, compotes, copastor, corotate, costmary, cryostat, cytaster, mercapto, mesocarp, myoscope, postrace, potatoes, potatory, promotes, prostate, protects, pyrostat, sycamore, sycomore, tapestry, taprooms, taproots, tattooer, tearooms, testator, tomatoes, tomatoey, topcoats, typecast. | |
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