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(surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy..
Liston lashed the ovariotomists as ‘belly rippers’, and critics suggested it was done only to allow surgeons to practise pelvic surgery.
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Ovariotomist means (surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy..
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Liston lashed the ovariotomists as ‘belly rippers’, and critics suggested it was done only to allow surgeons to practise pelvic surgery.
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