pneumonectomy

pneumonectomy
Removal of an entire lung. SYN: pulmonectomy. [G. pneumon, lung, + ektome, excision]

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pneu·mo·nec·to·my .n(y)ü-mə-'nek-tə-mē n, pl -mies surgical excision of an entire lung or of one or more lobes of a lung called also pneumectomy, pulmonectomy compare SEGMENTAL RESECTION

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n.
surgical removal of a lung, usually for cancer.

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pneu·mo·nec·to·my (noo″mo-nekґtə-me) [pneumon- + -ectomy] surgical removal of lung tissue, especially of an entire lung. Cf. pneumoresection. Called also pulmonectomy.

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