mammectomy

[muh-mek-tuh-mee]

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noun, plural mam·mec·to·mies. Surgery.

mastectomy.

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Origin of mammectomy

mamm(a)² + -ectomy

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mammectomy in Medicine

mammectomy

(mă-mĕk′tə-mē)

n.

mastectomy

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