hysterectomy(n = noun.act) - surgical removal of the uterus;
is a kind of ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation
has particulars: panhysterectomy, radical hysterectomy, total hysterectomy
hysterectomy, n. (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of the womb.
Derivative:
hysterectomize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology:
Gk hustera womb + -ECTOMY