PNEUMONECTOMY


Meaning of PNEUMONECTOMY in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ nü-m ə - ' nek-t ə -m ē , ˌ nyü-

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -mies

Etymology: Greek pneum ō n + International Scientific Vocabulary -ectomy

Date: 1890

: excision of an entire lung or of one or more lobes of a lung

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