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pneumonectomy

n. (context surgery English) The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

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pneumonectomy

n. surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)

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Pneumonectomy

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.