modified radical mastectomy

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Surgical removal of the entire breast and the lymphatic-bearing tissue in the armpit.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

He created his own crowd-funding platform for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which has yet to be launched.
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But Brooke was out of step with the New Left and its notion of radical chic.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Too moderate and the more radical groups call you a snitch, jeopardizing your standing and authority at demonstrations.
De Blasio and the New York City Protesters Have No Blood on Their Hands|Jacob Siegel|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has become the most radical pope in modern memory for his economic populism.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He branded it a fifth-column invasion into popular culture, normalizing radical, even communist ambitions.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Modified and amended as their system is in its practical application, it still largely conditions our outlook to-day.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The characteristics of the different forms are well shown in the table on opposite page, modified from Hill.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A decision may be modified or set aside when it is regarded as no longer applicable to the present condition of things.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles