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Lumpectomy

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
  2. 2
    surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer wordnet

Etymology

From lump + -ectomy.

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