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Hysterectomy medical terminology definition


A hysterectomy is an operation to remove a woman’s uterus. The uterus is the place where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. Sometimes, the ovaries and fallopian tubes also are taken out. Hysterectomies are very common – one in three women in the United States has had one by age 60.

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