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quadrectomy

quadrectomy is the alternative form of quadrantectomy.

Meaning of quadrantectomy

Noun

quadrantectomy (plural quadrantectomies)

  1. Excision of the tissue in a breast quadrant, as a type of partial mastectomy.
    • In the Milan trial, patients treated with quadrantectomy and radiotherapy have experienced 8 new ipsilateral primaries and 18 new contralateral carcinomas.1988, Lydia Ioannidou-Mouzaka, Michael Philippakis, Philip Angelakis, Mastology '88: Proceedings of the 1st European Congress on Senology, Athens, 27-30 March 1988, →ISBN

Forms of quadrectomy

pluralquadrectomies

Questions about quadrectomy

What is quadrectomy the alternative form of?
Quadrectomy is the alternative form of quadrantectomy.

Words near quadrectomy in the dictionary

  1. quadreble
  2. quadrebled
  3. quadrebles
  4. quadrebling
  5. quadrectomies
  6. quadrectomy
  7. quadrefoil
  8. quadrefoils
  9. quadrel
  10. quadrella
  11. quadrellas

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