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axillary dissection (medicine)


axillary dissection
<procedure, surgery> Surgical removal of lymph nodes from the armpit. This tissue is then sent to the pathologist to determine if the breast cancer has spread outside of the breast.

The number of nodes dissected varies during surgery.