| NOUN | act | mastectomy | surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor |
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| Sounds | maesteh'ktahmiy | |
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| Rhymes | academy ... yummy: 83 rhymes with miy... | |
| Meaning | Surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor. | |
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| Narrower | modified radical mastectomy | removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit |
| radical mastectomy | removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit | |
| simple mastectomy | removal of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intact | |
| Broader | ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision | Surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
| Spanish | mastectomía | |
| Catalan | mastectomia | |
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