SIMPLE MASTECTOMY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Removal of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intact

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("simple mastectomy" is a kind of...):

mastectomy (surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor)

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