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Surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes
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lumpectomy
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1971, from lump (n.), coined on model of mastectomy .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context surgery English) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But along the Interstate 91 corridor of New Hampshire and Vermont, fewer than 20 percent of such patients have lumpectomies. ▪ This woman was 37 years old, and she too had had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy four years earlier.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lumpectomy \Lump*ec"to*my\, n. (Med.) the removal of a cyst or tumor from the breast by surgery. This is one method of treating breast tumors when in an early stage, and is preferred for cosmetic reasons, when medically feasible, to radical mastectomy , ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lumpectomy (sometimes known as a tylectomy ) is a surgical removal of a discrete portion or "lump" of breast , usually in the treatment of malignant tumor or breast cancer . It is considered a viable breast conservation therapy, as the amount of tissue ...
Usage examples of lumpectomy.
Tuckwell, sensing the lumpectomy might yet be avoided, played on my remorse.
Her mother discovered a breast lump six years ago, had a lumpectomy and radiation.
Surgery had been the first step, a lumpectomy that left one breast looking like a half-bitten apple.
Her breasts hung down, and there was a dented scar of her own on one, from a lumpectomy instead of a bullet.
The itching stopped, and Anna agreed to wait until the bruising went away to decide whether a lumpectomy was necessary.
Five weeks later, on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1989, a lumpectomy was performed.
I was so accustomed to taking care of myself, I went for the lumpectomy alone.
At first they worried about her losing her breast and Kennedy consulted cancer experts all over the world about a lumpectomy that could remove only the cancerous growth.
The other study, conducted in Taiwan, focused on the proliferation of breast epithelial cells removed from women who had undergone a lumpectomy for breast cancer.
The mastectomy was performed on December 14, 1989, a week after the lumpectomy.
Herman explained very clearly as she stared at him that in the first trimester of pregnancy, mastectomies were always performed rather than lumpectomies, because of the inadvis L ability of doing radiation.