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English noun: mastectomy

1. mastectomy (act) surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor


Broader (hypernym)ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation


Narrower (hyponym)modified radical mastectomy, radical mastectomy, simple mastectomy









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