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)