Mastectomy

Introduction: Mastectomy

Description of Mastectomy

Mastectomy: Surgical breast removal.

Mastectomy: Surgery to remove the breast (or as much of the breast tissue as possible).
Source: National Institute of Health

Mastectomy: surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Terms associated with Mastectomy:

More specific terms for Mastectomy:

• Mastectomy, Radical
• Mastectomy, Segmental
• Mastectomy, Simple
• Mastectomy, Subcutaneous

Source - MeSH 2007

• modified radical mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• simple mastectomy

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Mastectomy

• ablation
• extirpation
• cutting out
• excision

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Mastectomy

• breast surgery

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Mastectomy

The following list attempts to classify Mastectomy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• ablation,cutting out,excision,extirpation
• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Mastectomy

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Operations on the breast
• OPERATIONS ON THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
• PROCEDURES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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