Mastectomy

What do we mean by mastectomy?

Surgical removal of all or part of a breast, sometimes including excision of associated skin and regional lymph nodes, performed as a treatment for cancer. noun

A radical mastectomy. noun

The surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast; mammectomy. noun

Surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor noun

The surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast; mammectomy.

Removal of one or both a females breast due to breast cancer. Urban Dictionary

A form of breast reduction or removal. Usually performed by an unlicensed surgeon using a machete in a dark room with no anaesthesia. Urban Dictionary

Sure if you want to throw that in, fine, but we haven't even gotten to that point yet. The precondition hasn't been met. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to mastectomy:
mastectomy, masectomy, vasectomy, cystectomy, gastrectomy, mastotomy, ostectomy, costectomy, testectomy, mammectomy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word mastectomy:
lumpectomy, oophorectomy, prostatectomy, lymphedema, nipple, prostheses, hematoma, prophylactic, breast, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, breasts, augmentation, biopsy, silicone, cancerous, remission, lymph, implant, scar, cancer, reconstruction, surgery, flap, preventive, scars, surgical, oncology, bra, bianca, tissue, radiation, chest, sentinel, diagnosis, procedure, tumor, tattoo, therapy, tissues, trans, diagnosed, bilateral, removal, radical, wound, node, carol, surgeon, treatment, nodes, procedures, applying, complications, infection, fat, doctors, underwent, muscle, risk, recovery, patients, immediate, recommended, skin, pain, decrease, patient, awareness, remove, survival, illness, partial, plastic, operation, treated, disease, performed, external, removed, suffering, stewart, option, medical, reduce, women, gene, spread, cases, stages, hospital, herself, effective, techniques, woman.

Words that rhyme with mastectomy:
hysterectomy, vasectomy, appendectomy, ectomy, tonsillectomy, prostatectomy, lumpectomy, hysterectomies, total hysterectomy, radical hysterectomy.

Adjectives that are often used to describe mastectomy:
radical, simple, total, prophylactic, modified, subcutaneous, bilateral, partial, segmental, sparing, double, right, left, extended, contralateral, standard, immediate, unilateral, preventive, underwent, lumpectomy, subsequent, conventional, classical, ipsilateral, elective, classic, breast, conservative, simulated, prior, unnecessary, superradical, routine, glandular, simultaneous, palliative, post, sided, radial, subtotal, delayed, reducing, undergone, enlarged, disfiguring, preventative, curative, supraradical, conserving, reconstructive, subcuticular, neuro.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective mastectomy:
patients, lymphedema, syndrome, reconstruction, radiotherapy, lymphoedema, pain, women, woman, lymphangiosarcoma, patient, treatment, therapy, wall, irradiation, radiation, angiosarcoma, depression, arm, thickness, oedema, cancer.

Words that sound like mastectomy:
mastectomy, cystectomy, hysterectomy, hysterectomies, vasectomy, gastrectomy, cystotomy, stictomys, siesta key, saitama.