lobectomy

American

[loh-bek-tuh-mee] / loʊˈbɛk tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.

lobectomy British

/ ləʊˈbɛktəmɪ /

noun

surgical removal of a lobe from any organ or gland in the body, esp removal of tissue from the frontal lobe of the brain in an attempt to alleviate mental disorder

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

lobectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of lobectomy

First recorded in 1910–15; lobe + -ectomy

Example Sentences

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Mr. Augenstein underwent a robot-assisted lobectomy that removed the upper lobe of his left lung.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2023

Hallgren said she needed to relearn how to breathe with her limited lung capacity after the lobectomy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Despite how invasive it seemed, temporal lobectomy for epilepsy caused by such scarring is the optimal treatment for select patients who have failed medical management.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

In a pulmonary lobectomy, a lobe of the lung is removed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2019

Evidence of the importance of these structures comes from the side effects of a bilateral temporal lobectomy that were studied in detail in patient HM.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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