mastectomy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English mast- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English mastectomy From mast- + -ectomy.
Meanings
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The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.
An estimate of U.S. “gender-affirming” double mastectomies published in 2023 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported 3,125 cases of “breast or chest procedures” in patients ages 12 to 18 between 2016 to 2020.
2024 December 8, Leor Sapir, “A Consensus No Longer”, in City Journal:Three years later came Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she had the BRCA1 gene, and had decided to have a double mastectomy. The story topped the news, and was written about for days afterwards.
2023 February 6, Hilary Osborne, “I thought knowing I had the ‘cancer gene’ would cast a shadow over my life. Now I have it, I realise how wrong I was”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| masectomy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mastectomies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
postmastectomy · radical mastectomy · premastectomy · mastectomize · mastectomee
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Translations (25)
is brottnám brjósts (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · bg мастектомия (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · mk мастектомија (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · fr mastectomie (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · ro mastectomie (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · fi rinnanpoistoleikkaus (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · ro mamectomie (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · de Brustamputation (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · pl mastektomia (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · bn ম্যাস্টেকটমি (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · cy mastectomi (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · ja 乳房切除術 (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · mi pokanga ū (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · it mastectomia (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · tl alisuso (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · io mastektomio (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · de Mastektomie (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · es mastectomía (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · fi mastektomia (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · ca mastectomia (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · sv mastektomi (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · tr mastektomi (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · ru мастэктоми́я (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · is brjóstnám (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast) · pt mastectomia (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast)