(Medicine) surgical procedure of removing lymph nodes from the axilla, surgery in which the armpit is opened and lymph nodes or other tissues are removed
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Axillary dissection Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
[AK-suh-LAIR-ee dis-EK-shun]
Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region. Also called axillary lymph node dissection.
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region. Also called axillary lymph node dissection.
An axillary dissection means removal of a portion of the lymph nodes under the arm.
