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pneumonectomy

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

noun

Surgery.
plural pneumonectomies.
  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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

First recorded in 1885–90; pneumon- + -ectomy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

C20: from Greek Աܳō lung + -ectomy
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Example Sentences

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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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