radical mastectomy

American  

[rad-ik-uhl-ma-stek-tuh-mee] / ˈræd ɪk əl mæˈstɛk tə mi /

noun

radical mastectomies plural

1. Surgery. a mastectomy that includes the entire breast as well as the pectoral muscles and the lymph nodes of the armpit.

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radical mastectomy Scientific  

1. See under mastectomy

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• radical mastectomies
  plural

Example Sentences

Even with those limitations, the researchers concluded, "Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher occurrence of moderate to severe postoperative pain and increased opioid consumption in patients undergoing unilateral modified radical mastectomy."

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

In the May, at just over four months pregnant, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a radical mastectomy and lymph node clearance.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

Within days of his diagnosis, surgeons performed a radical mastectomy at the Motion Picture and Television hospital outside of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

For example, women began challenging doctors about the need for the radical mastectomy when they had only tiny cancers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2016

But the surgeon removed only the lump, which he said was well encapsulated and for some reason did not proceed with a radical mastectomy.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve