ovariotomist

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English

Etymology

From ovariotomy +‎ -ist.

Noun

ovariotomist (plural ovariotomists)

  1. (surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy.
    • 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.