transurethral resection of the prostate

Questions about transurethral resection of the prostate

What is another word for transurethral resection of the prostate?

It depends which transurethral resection of the prostate you mean. In the sense “removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)”, the synonyms are TURP. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of transurethral resection of the prostate?

WordNet records no antonym for transurethral resection of the prostate. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for transurethral resection of the prostate come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for transurethral resection of the prostateAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for transurethral resection of the prostateWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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