pneumonectomy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun[edit]
pneumonectomy (plural pneumonectomies)
- The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 242:
- Evarts Graham [...] pioneered the pneumonectomy (the resection of the lung to remove tumors).
Synonyms[edit]
- pneumectomy
- pneumotomy (dated)