lumpectomy

American  

[luhm-pek-tuh-mee] / lʌmˈpɛk tə mi /

noun

PLURAL

lumpectomies

1. the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.

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lumpectomy British  

/ lʌmˈpɛktəmɪ /

noun

1. the surgical removal of a tumour in a breast

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Etymology

Origin of lumpectomy

First recorded in 1970–75; lump ¹ + -ectomy

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, glass in the shape of biological masses is covered in delicate wire and thread, looking like the oversize results from lumpectomies.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Maybe it wasn't. Maybe I could have had a lumpectomy."

From BBC

Those who’d had lumpectomies, also called breast conservation surgery, had mammograms every two years.

From Seattle Times

They also tended to favor the surgeon’s schedule more than the patient’s needs — removing a breast entirely took less time and required less technical skill than the lumpectomy procedures emerging in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times

She frequently denounced a standard late-20th-century treatment protocol — mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy — as “slash, burn and poison,” instead advocating lumpectomy followed by radiation whenever possible.

From New York Times