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hemipenectomy

hemipenectomy noun: surgical removal of a reptile's hemipenis.

Noun

hemipenectomy (uncountable)

  1. Surgical removal of a reptile's hemipenis.
    • Hemipenectomy also had an interesting effect upon the male. Although the hemipenectomized males courted normally, they copulated significantly longer, often failed to maintain cloacal contact throughout mating despite their proper orientation, and never initiated separation from the female.1978, Neil Greenberg, Paul D. MacLean, editors, Behavior and Neurology of Lizards: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health...

Origin of hemipenectomy

From hemipen(is) + -ectomy. By surface analysis, hemi- + penectomy.

Words formed from hemipenectomy

Questions about hemipenectomy

What does hemipenectomy mean?
Hemipenectomy means surgical removal of a reptile's hemipenis.
What part of speech is hemipenectomy?
Hemipenectomy is a noun.

Words near hemipenectomy in the dictionary

  1. hemipelvis
  2. hemipenal
  3. hemipene
  4. hemipeneal
  5. hemipenectomized
  6. hemipenectomy
  7. hemipenes
  8. hemipenial
  9. hemipenile
  10. hemipenis
  11. hemipenises

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