modified radical mastectomy

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   removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit

   Broadermastectomy

Questions about modified radical mastectomy

What does modified radical mastectomy mean?

modified radical mastectomy means "removal of a breast and the pectoralis minor and some lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit".

Is modified radical mastectomy a common word?

modified radical mastectomy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.