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[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, that would be an orchiectomy.

[–] meejle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you are a transgender woman and you want to get an orchidectomy – that's an operation to remove your testicles. In the USA they say "orchiectomy", but here [in the UK] we say "orchidectomy", because the whole point is that you keep the "D".

One of my favourite jokes from Philosophy Tube 😃