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mammectomy

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mammectomy [ma′mek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
mastectomy


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Mammectomy and level 1 and level 2 axillary lymphadenectomy were done as a second surgery.
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In his efforts to birth a suitable label for one who has undergone a mammectomy, aka a mastectomy, the copywriter creates not only a confusing homophone - mastectomee and -omy sound exactly alike but also seems to open the gates to such horrors as colostomee, hysterectomee, and (fair is fair, gentlemen) vasectomee.
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