Defenition of the word lumpectomy

• Defenition of the word lumpectomy

  • surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer

Hypernyms for the word lumpectomy

• • ablation
  • cutting out
  • excision
  • extirpation

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