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Surgical Castration

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Surgical removal of the ovaries or testes. [ ]

Term info

Label

Surgical Castration

Synonyms
  • Castration
  • Surgical Castration
  • castration
  • surgical castration
Subsets

NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C118169

ALT DEFINITION

Surgical removal of the testicles (orchiectomy) or ovaries (oophorectomy) to stop the production of sex hormones. Decreasing the levels of hormones may stop the growth of certain cancers.

Display Name

Surgical Castration

Legacy Concept Name

Surgical_Castration

Preferred Name

Surgical Castration

Semantic Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS CUI

C0007344

code

C15198