"mastectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmæˈstɛktəmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mastectomy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mastectomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəmi Etymology: From mast- + -ectomy. Etymology templates: {{con|en|mast|ectomy}} mast- + -ectomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} mastectomy (plural mastectomies)
  1. The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues. Categories (topical): Amputation, Surgery Synonyms: mammectomy, masectomy [misspelling] Hypernyms: top surgery Derived forms: mastectomee, radical mastectomy Translations (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast): ম্যাস্টেকটমি (mêśṭekṭômi) (Bengali), мастектомия (mastektomija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mastectomia [feminine] (Catalan), rinnanpoistoleikkaus (Finnish), mastektomia (Finnish), mastectomie [feminine] (French), Brustamputation [feminine] (German), Mastektomie (english: chiefly specialist) [feminine] (German), brjóstnám [neuter] (Icelandic), brottnám brjósts [neuter] (Icelandic), mastektomio (Ido), mastectomia [feminine] (Italian), мастектомија (mastektomija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mastektomia [feminine] (Polish), mastectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), mastectomie [feminine] (Romanian), mamectomie [feminine] (Romanian), мастэктоми́я (mastɛktomíja) [feminine] (Russian), mastectomía [feminine] (Spanish), mastektomi [common-gender] (Swedish), alisuso (Tagalog), mastektomi (Turkish), mastectomi [masculine] (Welsh)

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