lumpectomies

Variant of lumpectomy

lumpectomy definition

☆ lum·pec·tomy (lum pek′tə mē)

noun pl. lumpectomies -·mies

the surgical removal of a breast tumor with minimum removal of adjacent normal tissues

Etymology: lump + -ectomy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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