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RADICAL MASTECTOMY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit
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Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("radical mastectomy" is a kind of...):
mastectomy (surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor)