pneumonectomy

English

Etymology

From pneumon- +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

pneumonectomy (plural pneumonectomies)

1. The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 242:

     Evarts Graham [...] pioneered the pneumonectomy (the resection of the lung to remove tumors).

Synonyms

• pneumectomy
• pneumotomy (dated)

Derived terms

• pleuropneumonectomy
• postpneumonectomy
• subpneumonectomy

 

Related terms

• pneumonectomize

See also

• lobectomy
• segmentectomy