Definitions for "Radical Mastectomy"
Removal of the nipple, areola, breast tissue, chest muscles, lymph nodes under the arm, and additional fat and tissue
an obsolete surgical procedure in which the entire breast, the chest muscles underneath and the lymph nodes in the axilla were removed.
Removal of the entire breast, nipple/areolar region, the pectoral (chest) major and minor muscles, and lymph nodes. This procedure is rarely performed today
a brutal and disfiguring operation