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Surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
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pneumonectomy
Word definitions for pneumonectomy in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context surgery English) The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove a lung . Removal of just one lobe of the lung is specifically referred to as a lobectomy , and that of a segment of the lung as a wedge resection (or segmentectomy).
Usage examples of pneumonectomy.
Tuffier is quoted as showing a patient, aged twenty-nine, upon whom, for beginning tuberculosis, he had performed pneumonectomy four years before.
There are a couple of pneumonectomies for the week after--both chesty.
There are a couple of pneumonectomies for the week after--both chesty.