orchiectomy
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The first documented orchiectomy, penectomy, and vagioplasty were performed at the Institute at the request of a German trans woman named Dora Richter.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2025
In 2008, she had an orchiectomy, or removal of the testicles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2016
She had learned during her examination that she needed to push back her surgery until the fall so that her orchiectomy scars would be fully healed.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2015
She had, in fact, undergone an orchiectomy, or removal of the testes, a couple of months prior.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2015
“I’m scheduling your orchiectomy in two days,” my oncologist told me, only minutes after handing me a diagnosis of testicular cancer.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014
