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  • noun surgery The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst, especially from the breast; a lumpectomy.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek tulos, lump; see teuə- in Indo-European roots + –ectomy.]

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