hysterectomy

English Thesaurus

1. surgical removal of the uterus (noun.act)

hypernym	:	ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation,
definition	:	surgical removal of a body part or tissue (noun.act)

hyponym	:	panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy,
definition	:	surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes (noun.act)

hyponym	:	total hysterectomy,
definition	:	surgical removal of the uterus and cervix (noun.act)