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mass-ectomy or massectomy

Translation: mastectomy, medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely..

Sample Usage: "She had a double massectomy two weeks ago to keep her breast cancer from coming back."

Submitted by Laurie FW.

monkey box

Translation: female genitalia

Sample Usage: ""During a home health patient visit, upon walking in while two adult daughters were giving their elderly mother a sponge bath in her wheelchair, one daughter exclaimed, 'Oh mama, you need to cover up your monkey box.'"

Submitted by Nancy D.

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