Modified radical mastectomy
modified radical mastectomy mod·i·fied radical mastectomy (mŏd’ə-fīd’)
n.
Surgical removal of the entire breast and the lymphatic-bearing tissue in the armpit.
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[mod-uh-fahy-er] /ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ ər/ noun 1. a person or thing that modifies. 2. Grammar. /ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪə/ noun 1. (grammar) Also called qualifier. a word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another word; for example, the noun alarm is a modifier of clock in alarm clock and the phrase every day is an adverbial modifier of […]
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