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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mastectomy /maˈstɛktəmi/

▶noun (pl. mastectomies) a surgical operation to remove a breast.

– origin 1920s: from Gk mastos ‘breast’ + -ectomy.

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