radical mastectomy

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   removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit

   Broadermastectomy

Questions about radical mastectomy

What does radical mastectomy mean?

radical mastectomy means "removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit".

Is radical mastectomy a common word?

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.