orchidectomist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who performs an orchidectomy
Example Sentences
- "I was told by the doctor that a gentleman, who is an orchidectomist in my city, had said the only way to relieve the old man was to remove his testicles."
- "I fear that their disappointment will be as keen and unpalatable as that of the orchidectomists in their pretentious claims for the cure of hypertrophied prostate[.]"
- "A glance through the columns will show the most enthusiastic orchidectomist that his claims for the necessity, or better results, of the procedure are not backed up by the facts."
- ""The correct term would be orchidectomist I suppose, but they would probably prefer urologist" – John Moore."
Etymology
From orchidectomy + -ist.