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pneumonectomy

[ noo-muh-nek-tuh-mee, nyoo- ]

noun

, Surgery.
, plural pneu·mo·nec·to·mies.
  1. excision of part or all of a lung.


pneumonectomy

/ njuːˈmɛktəmɪ; ˌnjuːməʊˈnɛktəmɪ /

noun

  1. the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

First recorded in 1885–90; pneumon- + -ectomy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

C20: from Greek pneumōn lung + -ectomy
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Example Sentences

Tuffier is quoted as showing a patient, aged twenty-nine, upon whom, for beginning tuberculosis, he had performed pneumonectomy four years before.

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