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This spelling: "salpingoophorectomy," is a correct and accepted spelling, but much less common than "salpingo-oophorectomy."
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List of surgical procedures — Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, ectomy is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the… … Wikipedia
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