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cystoprostatectomy

(SIS-toh-pros-tuh-TEK-toh-mee)
Surgery to remove the bladder and the prostate. The seminal vesicles and nearby lymph nodes may also be removed. The prostate and seminal vesicles are glands in the male reproductive system that help make semen. Also called prostatocystectomy.
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