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MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does modified radical mastectomy mean?
• MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY (noun)
The noun MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit
Familiarity information: MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit
Classified under:
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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