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Mastectomy

//ˌmæsˈtɛktəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.

    "Three years later came Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she had the BRCA1 gene, and had decided to have a double mastectomy. The story topped the news, and was written about for days afterwards."

  2. 2
    surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor wordnet

Etymology

From mast- + -ectomy.

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