Question

mastectomy She has always dreaded being disfigured by mastectomy, but her talks with the surgeon have calmed her considerably. mæˈstɛktəmi

Accepted Answer

Surgical removal of all or part of the breast. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Early cases can often be treated with drugs or with a small operation called a lumpectomy (because it removes a lump). Though a “simple mastectomy” is larger than a lumpectomy, it allows the breast to be reconstructed, using artificial implants or tissue from elsewhere on the body. But “radical mastectomy,” which is required when the cancer is at an advanced stage, takes much of the chest muscle and makes reconstruction impossible

word	mastectomy
definition	Surgical removal of all or part of the breast.
eg_sentence	She has always dreaded being disfigured by mastectomy, but her talks with the surgeon have calmed her considerably.
explanation	Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Early cases can often be treated with drugs or with a small operation called a lumpectomy (because it removes a lump). Though a “simple mastectomy” is larger than a lumpectomy, it allows the breast to be reconstructed, using artificial implants or tissue from elsewhere on the body. But “radical mastectomy,” which is required when the cancer is at an advanced stage, takes much of the chest muscle and makes reconstruction impossible
IPA	mæˈstɛktəmi

Cancer Breast Mastectomy Surgical Removal Part Dreaded Disfigured