See Also: orphan 1, noun(dictionary)
vaso-(dictionary)
vaso-(medicine)
vaso-orchidostomy(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
orphan(2)(dictionary)
orphan(1)(dictionary)
orphan(medicine)
ORPHAN(law)

vaso-orchidostomy (medicine) and orphan 1, noun (oh)


vaso-orchidostomy (medicine)


vaso-orchidostomy
<procedure> Reestablishment of the interrupted seminiferous channels by uniting the tubules of the epididymis or of the rete testis to the divided end of the vas deferens.

Origin: vaso-+ G. Orchis, testis, + stoma, mouth


orphan 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: orphanus, from Greek orphanos]
a child whose parents are both dead
::The war has left thousands of children as orphans.
orphan girl/boy/child
::a poor little orphan girl