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simple mastectomy, total mastectomy
1. Treatment of breast cancer in which the breast, nipple, areola (small darkened area around the nipple of the breast), and the involved overlying skin is removed.
2. Removal of one or both breasts, but not the lymph nodes.
This entry is located in the following units: -ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize (page 28) masto-, mast-, -mastia, -masty + (page 3)