Ovariectomy vs Spay - What's the difference?
ovariectomy | spay |
(medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
As nouns the difference between ovariectomy and spay
is that ovariectomy is (medicine) surgical removal of one or both ovaries while spay is .As a verb spay is
to remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.ovariectomy
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Noun
(ovariectomies)Synonyms
*oophorectomyspay
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Etymology 1
From the (etyl) espeier, equivalent to the (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Verb
Synonyms
* castrate, emasculate (for a male) * geld * neuter * sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)References
* “spay, v.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
Etymology 2
See spayard.References
* “spay]” listed as a variant spelling of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50232517 spaya(r)d, spayd]”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989