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lumpectomy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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lump·ec·to·my /lʌmpˈektəmi/ noun (plural lumpectomies) [countable]  MHan operation in which a tumour is removed from someone’s body, especially from a woman’s breast 〔尤指乳房〕肿瘤切除术
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lumpectomyThis woman was 37 years old, and she too had had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy four years earlier.But along the Interstate 91 corridor of New Hampshire and Vermont, fewer than 20 percent of such patients have lumpectomies.
lump·ec·to·my nounChineseSyllable
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lumpectomy
lumpectomy /lʌmpˈektəmi/ noun (plural lumpectomies) [countable]
an operation in which a tumour is removed from someone’s body, especially from a woman’s breast


lump·ec·tomyBrE /ˌlʌmˈpektəmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlʌmˈpektəmi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
lump·ec·tomies
)
an operation to remove a tumour from sb's body, especially from a woman's breast (尤指女性乳房的)肿块切除术