transurethral resection of the prostate

1. 1.

   removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)

   SynonymsTURP

   Broaderresection

Questions about transurethral resection of the prostate

What does transurethral resection of the prostate mean?

transurethral resection of the prostate means "removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)".

What is another word for transurethral resection of the prostate?

Close synonyms include TURP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transurethral resection of the prostate a common word?

transurethral resection of the prostate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.