pneumonectomy

American

[noo-muh-nek-tuh-mee, nyoo-] / ˌnu məˈnɛk tə mi, ˌnyu- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

pneumonectomies

excision of part or all of a lung.

pneumonectomy British

/ njuːˈmɛktəmɪ, ˌnjuːməʊˈnɛktəmɪ /

noun

the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung

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Etymology

Origin of pneumonectomy

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

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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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