Mastectomy
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noun.
Surgical removal of all or part of a breast, sometimes including excision of associated skin and regional lymph nodes, performed as a treatment for cancer.
noun.
A radical mastectomy.
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noun.
The surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a
breast
;
mammectomy
.
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noun.
surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor