MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY

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Meaning:

Removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("modified radical mastectomy" is a kind of...):

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

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