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pneumonectomy
[ noo-muh-nek-tuh-mee, nyoo- ]
noun
Surgery.
plural pneumonectomies.
- excision of part or all of a lung.
pneumonectomy
/ njuËˈmÉ›ktÉ™mɪ; ËŒnjuËməʊˈnÉ›ktÉ™mɪ /
noun
- the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pneumonectomy1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pneumonectomy1
C20: from Greek ±è²Ô±ð³Ü³¾Å²Ô lung + -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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