Talk:lumpectomy
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Jidanni in topic Slang!
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Sounds like slang to me! Or at least that's how it started out.
Compare Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ectomy's bafflectomy.
I bet tylectomy was too fancy, so the doctors coined lumpectomy.
I mean it's not often in English that one just grabs some non-fancy "word that even kids use," and sticks a fancy Greek ending on the back.