pleurectomy
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Noun edit
pleurectomy (plural pleurectomies)
- (surgery) Removal of part of the pleura
- 2014 June 10, G L Ceresoli et al., “Prognostic factors in elderly patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: results of a multicenter survey”, in British Journal of Cancer[1], volume 111, :
- Most patients (12 cases) underwent pleurectomy/decortication, six had extrapleural pneumonectomy.