mastectomy
noun
mas·tec·to·my
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plural mastectomies
Definition of mastectomy
: surgical removal of all or part of the breast and sometimes associated lymph nodes and muscles
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Nugent, who was treated for cancer in 2014, emailed her a detailed guide including grocery recommendations (crackers, applesauce, granola bars, ginger ale), and what to wear and bring to a mastectomy surgery. — Mary Ladd, SFChronicle.com, "Chefs break taboo and talk openly about breast cancer," 16 Aug. 2019 This recall applies to BIOCELL textured breast implants and tissue expanders (devices used to stretch a person’s skin before breast augmentation or reconstruction after a mastectomy) from Allergan. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "These Breast Implants Have Been Recalled Because of Their Link to a Rare Cancer," 13 Aug. 2019 Meanwhile, surgeon Charles, Lane’s husband, has left her for a patient who came in for a mastectomy, and Lane keeps imagining their wild romance. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Bittersweet Sarah Ruhl comedy enchants Altarena Playhouse in Alameda," 12 Aug. 2019 About 100,000 other women received implants in 2017 during reconstructive surgery after mastectomy for breast cancer in the United States. — Denise Grady, New York Times, "Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Recalled Worldwide," 24 July 2019 Boyle eventually underwent a double mastectomy and later, reconstructive surgery, according to the outlet. — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, "Woman, 25, Learns She Was Misdiagnosed with Breast Cancer after Undergoing Double Mastectomy," 20 July 2019 In another are the pioneers of various procedures, handcrafted by surgeons and experimental physicians and often named for their inventors: the Halsted mastectomy, Mohs surgery, the Whipple pancreatectomy. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 In almost 25 years at the Journal, Ms. Lagnado’s award-winning coverage included articles on women at risk of breast cancer who had preventive double mastectomies, as well as investigations into how nursing homes handle patients with dementia. — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, "Longtime Wall Street Journal Reporter Lucette Lagnado Dies at 62," 11 July 2019 Salespeople are specially trained in fitting bras for women who’ve undergone mastectomies. — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, "A trip to downtown Nordstrom was a fixture of Anchorage life for 44 years. Now, it’s going away.," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mastectomy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mastectomy
noun
mas·tec·to·my
| \ ma-ˈstek-tə-mē
\
\
plural mastectomies
Medical Definition of mastectomy
: surgical removal of all or part of the breast and sometimes associated lymph nodes and muscles — see modified radical mastectomy, partial mastectomy, radical mastectomy, simple mastectomy
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