mastectomy
/ˌmæsˈtɛktəmi/
mastectomy noun: the surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.
Noun
mastectomy (plural mastectomies)
- The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.
- Three years later came Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she had the BRCA1 gene, and had decided to have a double mastectomy. The story topped the news, and was written about for days afterwards.2023 February 6, Hilary Osborne, “I thought knowing I had the ‘cancer gene’ would cast a shadow over my life. Now I have it, I realise how wrong I was”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- An estimate of U.S. “gender-affirming” double mastectomies published in 2023 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported 3,125 cases of “breast or chest procedures” in patients ages 12 to 18 between 2016 to 2020.2024 December 8, Leor Sapir, “A Consensus No Longer”, in City Journal
- Synonyms:
- mammectomy
mastectomy meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
mastectomy in Tamil
- முலை நீக்கம்
mastectomy in Bengali
- surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast
- ম্যাস্টেকটমি mêśṭekṭômi
mastectomy in Tagalog
- surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast
- alisuso
Synonyms of mastectomy
Forms of mastectomy
| plural | mastectomies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | masectomy |
Origin of mastectomy
From mast- + -ectomy.
Words formed from mastectomy
Words that rhyme with mastectomy
- facadectomy
- onychectomy
- tarsectomy
- transversectomy
- adenectomy
- adenoidectomy
- adenomectomy
- adenotonsillectomy
- adipectomy
- adnexectomy
- adrenalectomy
- allatectomy
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- alveolectomy
- amnionectomy
- ampullectomy
- amygdalectomy
- aneurysmectomy
- antennectomy
- antrectomy
- apicectomy
- apicoectomy
- appendectomy
- appendicectomy
- arteriectomy
- arthrectomy
- arytenoidectomy
- astragalectomy
- atherectomy
- auriculectomy
- bafflectomy
- bichectomy
- blebectomy
- blepharectomy
- brainectomy
- bulbectomy
- bullectomy
- bunionectomy
- bursectomy
- callosumectomy
- canthectomy
- capsulectomy
- cardiectomy
- cardioectomy
- carpectomy
- carunclectomy
- cashectomy
- caudectomy
- cecectomy
- cerebellectomy
- cervicectomy
- cheilectomy
- cholecystectomy
- choledochectomy
- chondrectomy
- clinoidectomy
- clitorectomy
- clitoridectomy
- coccygectomy
- colectomy
- colonectomy
Questions about mastectomy
- What does mastectomy mean?
- Mastectomy means the surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.
- What is mastectomy in Tamil?
- Mastectomy in Tamil is முலை நீக்கம். See Mastectomy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mastectomy?
- Mastectomy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mastectomy?
- Mastectomy is pronounced /ˌmæsˈtɛktəmi/.
- What is the plural of mastectomy?
- The plural of mastectomy is mastectomies.
Words near mastectomy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mastectomy (page history and authors); mastectomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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