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mastectomy

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌmæsˈtɛktəmi/Part of speech nounSorted acemmosttyStarts with MEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor

Word origin

From mast- + -ectomy.

Used in a sentence

  • Three years later came Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she had the BRCA1 gene, and had decided to have a double mastectomy. The story topped the news, and was written about for days afterwards.

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