pneumotomy

pneumotomy
The surgical procedure of making an incision in the lung.

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  • pneumotomy — SYN: pneumonotomy. * * * pneu·mot·o·my (noo motґə me) pneumonotomy …   Medical dictionary

  • pneumonotomy — Incision of the lung. SYN: pneumotomy. [G. pneumon, lung, + tome, incision] * * * pneu·mo·not·o·my (noo″mo notґə me) [pneumono + tomy] surgical incision of the lung. Called also pneumotomy …   Medical dictionary

  • List of surgical procedures — Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, ectomy is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the… …   Wikipedia

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