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Definition of: salpingectomy
(sal′pin·jek′tə·mē) noun Surg.
The excision of a Fallopian tube; sterilization of women. [<NL salpinx, salpingos a Fallopian tube (<Gk., a trumpet) + -ECTOMY]
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