What's the difference between female castration or full hysterectomy?

What is removed: The hyster is the uterus. Ectomy means to cut out. So hysterectomy is the cutting out of the uterus. Female castration is the removal of the ovaries. The ovaries are the oophors, so removal of the ovaries is an oophorectomy. Technically a full hysterectomy would be the removal of the entire uterus, however many people believe that full hysterectomy implies removal of the uterus and the ovaries.

Here are some ...: Total (full) hysterectomy is done in 3 ways: For benign disorders, complete uterine removal with or without ovarian removal; for malignancy, complete uterine and ovarian removal with pelvic lymph node removal. All can be done with open or laparoscopic approach. Bilateral ovarian removal may be called female castration just like bilateral testicular removal for surgical castration for P-Ca ...