- mastectomy
- Surgery to remove the breast (or as much of the breast tissue as possible).
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Mastectomy — Intervention Mastectomy patient ICD 9 CM 85.4 … Wikipedia
mastectomy — surgical removal of a breast, 1909, from Gk. mastos woman s breast (see MASTO (Cf. masto )) + ECTOMY (Cf. ectomy) … Etymology dictionary
mastectomy — ► NOUN (pl. mastectomies) ▪ a surgical operation to remove a breast. ORIGIN from Greek mastos breast … English terms dictionary
mastectomy — [mas tek′tə mē] n. pl. mastectomies [ MAST(O) + ECTOMY] the surgical removal of all or part of a breast, usually so as to remove cancerous tissue … English World dictionary
mastectomy — /ma stek teuh mee/, n., pl. mastectomies. Surg. the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma. Also called mammectomy. [1920 25; MAST + ECTOMY] * * * Surgical removal of a breast, usually because of breast cancer. If the cancer has … Universalium
Mastectomy — A general term for removal of the breast. usually to remove cancerous tissue. The operation can be done in a hospital or in an outpatient clinic, depending on how extensive it needs to be. It takes from two to three hours, with three to five… … Medical dictionary
mastectomy — n. surgical removal of a breast. Simple mastectomy, performed for extensive but not necessarily invasive tumours, involves simple removal of the breast; the skin and if possible the nipple may be retained and a prosthesis (see breast implant) may … The new mediacal dictionary
mastectomy — UK [mæˈstektəmɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms mastectomy : singular mastectomy plural mastectomies medical a medical operation in which a woman s breast is removed … English dictionary
mastectomy — [[t]mæste̱ktəmi[/t]] mastectomies N VAR A mastectomy is a surgical operation to remove a woman s breast … English dictionary
Mastectomy, radical — Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collar bone to the abdomen, including the chest wall muscles. The axillary lymph nodes are also removed. This operation is rarely used anymore, having first been replaced by the modified radical… … Medical dictionary
Mastectomy, subcutaneous — Removal of breast tissue using a minimal incision. This type of mastectomy may be used to remove small areas of suspicious or cancerous tissue, but can also be a cosmetic surgery procedure. For example, subcutaneous mastectomy can reduce the… … Medical dictionary
