Campaign to rename hysterectomy to uterectomy

Yes, this is totally arse-about-tit as others have pointed out. The problem is the misogyny invoked by the terms hysteria/hysterical. Anecdotally, everyone I’ve talked to who has had a hysterectomy has been able to tell me if their op included the cervix/ovaries as it’s an important part of follow-up care. Of all the problems facing women’s health care, I wouldn’t put this at the top of the list myself.

A bit annoying to try to censure medical language which has been in use in medicine globally for centuries.

when I first read your post, I read it as ureterectomy which is removal of the ureter
hysterectomy is a widely understood term based on the Greek.
in veterinary medicine a full spay including ovaries is referred to as an ovariohysterectomy.

Exactly, the word ‘hysteria’ came about because the Greeks thought women’s wombs floated around their bodies and made them act crazy, and they needed a man to have sex with them and impregnate them to keep it stable.

If women don't know if their ovaries or cervix will be retained or not, renaming of the op won't help that in the least. They need proper information which will vary case by case anyway, depending on the reasons for the operation.

PC gone wild, it must be on speed.

"Women frequently do not know whether their cervix will be removed. They do not know whether their ovaries will be retained. They do not understand the hormonal consequences of different types of surgery."

My faith in the medical profession has taken a bit of a nose dive recently but surely a women who has been advised to have a hysterectomy is made aware of all of these things beforehand so they can give informed consent for the surgery.

Tbh, I'd rather the NHS devoted more of its grudging efforts to stop harming mothers and babies in its appalling maternity units than get them involved in yet more irrelevant discussions about language.. Let them go back to using all the accurate words related to women, mothers etc in health care, gynae care and stop using offensive language (uterus havers etc) that exclude women from medical care.
Once they're offering safe medical care and scientifically accurate language in relation to women, then we could discuss this,

Oh - and if they could stop pretending that people can change sex that would be awesome as well.

Why can’t it be a wombectomy?

It would just cause further confusion.

Not a fan. Anatomical terms are derived from the Greek and Latin, as a PP says. It just doesn't make a difference and confuses terminology for English speakers, having the knock-on effect of then confusing the non-native English speakers; not to mention across the globe. Now that really isn't inclusive, and adversely affects the more vulnerable. It's a no from me.

This is the daftest bit of language policing I've ever heard. As the previous poster says, hystero literally means the same as uterus. Do these campaigners not know that? Do they think the name of the procedure is something to do with some earlier medical fantasy about curing 'hysteria'?

Shall we rename the appendix, in case people think that appendectomy is something to do with book editing? Or perhaps we should rename the spleen in case people think that spleen removal is something to do with curing ill-temper.

Hystero is the Greek word for uterus. Like many medical terms they are derived from Greek or Latin. Hysterectomy literally means uterectomy.

The word hysteria is derived from hystero and not the other way round. Since hysteria is no longer used in relation to gynaecological complaints is it worth the hassle.

I’m neutral on this. I think the point about anatomy is fair but words change meanings and most people aren’t thinking or aware of its history. I think it will just cause confusion as people get used to it.

Have they asked for a similar name change for Hysteroscopy, and a retreat from the gaslighting going on there? Slight discomfort my arse.

But we are deemed "hysterical" for asking for sedation/anaesthesia/pain relief for the hopefully newly named uteroscopy. It's even easier to say than hysteroscopy!