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

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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