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ovariotomist

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Etymology

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From ovariotomy +‎ -ist.

Noun

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ovariotomist (plural ovariotomists)

  1. (surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 351:
      Liston lashed the ovariotomists as ‘belly rippers’, and critics suggested it was done only to allow surgeons to practise pelvic surgery.