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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; pneumon- + -ectomy

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy¹

C20: from Greek pneumōn lung + -ectomy

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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