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regional lymph node dissection  listen  (REE-juh-nul limf node dy-SEK-shun)

  A surgical procedure to remove some of the lymph nodes that drain lymph from the area around a tumor. The lymph nodes are then examined under a microscope to see if cancer cells have spread to them.