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mastectomy /maˈstɛktəmi /noun (plural mastectomies)A surgical operation to remove a breast: a double mastectomy [mass noun]: they have undergone mastectomy...- There are sports bras, nursing bras, bras designed to take prosthetic breasts for women who have undergone mastectomies.
- Reconstruction can be done in the same operation as the mastectomy, and may be more successful if it's done straight away.
- The authors recommend their large-tissue-section approach for routine handling of all breast excisions and mastectomies.
Origin1920s: from Greek mastos 'breast' + -ectomy. Rhymeshysterectomy, tonsillectomy, vasectomy |