Definitions for mastectomies

mastectomies mas·tec·to·my

Spelling: [ma-stek-tuh-mee]
IPA: /mæˈstɛk tə mi/

Mastectomies is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 838 anagrams from letters in mastectomies (aceeimmosstt).

Definitions for mastectomies

noun

  1. the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma.

Origin of mastectomies

First recorded in 1920-25; mast- + -ectomy

Examples for mastectomies

After breast cancer left her with a mastectomy, she went through a period of soul searching—then got back on stage.

I ask your support for bipartisan legislation to guarantee that a woman can stay in the hospital for 48 hours after a mastectomy.

She was the first in her position to announce that she had breast cancer, revealing the details of her mastectomy in 1974.

Then, in 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy, beating cancer again.

Word Value for mastectomies
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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