Peotomy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Peotomy is a noun meaning (surgery) The removal of the penis.
Meaning
(surgery) The removal of the penis.
Example Sentences
An attack by the renowned Brazilian fishlet known as candiru, which likes to swim up a man's urine stream and lodge in the urethra with a ring of retrorse spines preventing its removal, is one of the very rare circumstances in which the doctor will perform the operation, known as peotomy.
Word Forms
- peotomies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include penectomy, autopeotomy, prostatotomy, phallectomy, prostectomy, penoplasty.
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