Total as opposed to partial, where the cervix is left. The ovaries and tubes aren't technically the same organ, just part of the same system, so their removals get their own names.
a total hysterectomy does take totally everything, uterus and cervix. hysterectomy means “remove uterus” essentially.
there are other words for removing the fallopian tubes and for removing ovaries.
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u/Open_Bug_4251 Aug 01 '26
I feel like those are named backwards. A total hysterectomy should take totally everything. (Not doubting you. I just think it’s weird.)
And what you are describing of an abdominal pregnancy is basically the plot of the movie Junior.