- vesiculectomy
- Resection of a portion or all of each of the seminal vesicles. [L. vesicula, vesicle, + G. ektome, excision]
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n.surgical removal of a seminal vesicle. This operation, which is rarely undertaken, may be performed for a tumour of the seminal vesicles.* * *
ve·sic·u·lec·to·my (və-sik″u-lekґtə-me) [vesicle + -ectomy] removal of a vesicle, especially the seminal vesicle.
Medical dictionary. 2011.