The Procedure in Which a Surgeon Removes Only the Breast

question 100

Multiple Choice

The procedure in which a surgeon removes only the breast lump and some of the normal tissue around it is called a

• A)lumpectomy.
• B)radical mastectomy.
• C)partial mastectomy.
• D)modified radical mastectomy.

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Definitions:

Lithium Aluminum Hydride

A powerful reducing agent used in organic chemistry for the reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and esters to alcohols.

Primary Alcohols

Alcohols in which the hydroxyl group is bonded to a carbon atom that has at most one other carbon atom attached to it, constituting the first class of alcohols.

Major Organic Product

The most abundant product formed in a chemical reaction involving organic compounds.

Reaction Product

The final substances formed upon the completion of a chemical reaction.