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pneumonectomy

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pneu⋅mo⋅nec⋅to⋅my

  [noo-muh-nek-tuh-mee, nyoo-]
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–noun, plural -mies. Surgery.
excision of part or all of a lung.
Also, pneumectomy.

Origin:
1885–90; pneumon- + -ectomy
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pneu·mo·nec·to·my   (nōō'mə-něk'tə-mē, nyōō'-)   
n.   pl. pneu·mo·nec·to·mies also pneu·mec·to·mies
Surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

[Greek pneumōn, lung; see pneumonic + -ectomy.]
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Main Entry: pneu·mo·nec·to·my
Pronunciation: "n(y)ü-m&-'nek-t&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -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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pneumonectomy pneu·mo·nec·to·my (n&oomacr;'mə-něk'tə-mē, ny&oomacr;'-) or pneu·mec·to·my (n&oomacr;-měk'tə-mē, ny&oomacr;-)
n.
Surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

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