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Lumpectomy

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Noun

1. lumpectomy

surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lumpectomy

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noun plural -mies
the surgical removal of a tumour in a breast

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Lumpectomy

see synonyms of lumpectomy
nounWord forms: plural lumˈpectomies
the surgical removal of a breast tumor with minimum removal of adjacent normal tissues

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lumpectomy

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n. pl. lump·ec·to·mies
1. Surgical excision of a tumor from the breast with the removal of a minimal amount of surrounding tissue. Also called tylectomy.
2. Surgical excision of a mass.

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