pneumonectomy
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Pneumonectomy — Intervention Appearance of the cut surface of a pneumonectomy specimen containing a lung cancer, here a Squamous cell carcinoma (the whitish tumor near the bronchi). ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
pneumonectomy — [no͞o΄mə nek′tə mē, nyo͞o΄mə nek′tə mē] n. pl. pneumonectomies PNEUMECTOMY … English World dictionary
pneumonectomy — n. (pl. ies) Surgery the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung. * * * pneumonalgia, pneumonectomy see pneumono … Useful english dictionary
pneumonectomy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: Greek pneumōn + International Scientific Vocabulary ectomy Date: 1890 excision of an entire lung or of one or more lobes of a lung … New Collegiate Dictionary
pneumonectomy — /nooh meuh nek teuh mee, nyooh /, n., pl. pneumonectomies. Surg. excision of part or all of a lung. Also, pneumectomy. [1885 90; PNEUMON + ECTOMY] * * * … Universalium
pneumonectomy — Removal of an entire lung. SYN: pulmonectomy. [G. pneumon, lung, + ektome, excision] * * * pneu·mo·nec·to·my .n(y)ü mə nek tə mē n, pl mies surgical excision of an entire lung or of one or more lobes of a lung called also … Medical dictionary
pneumonectomy — n. surgical removal of the lungs … English contemporary dictionary
pneumonectomy — [ˌnju:mə(ʊ) nɛktəmi] noun (plural pneumonectomies) surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung … English new terms dictionary
pneumonectomy — pneu·mo·nec·to·my … English syllables
pneumonectomy — n. surgical removal of a lung, usually for cancer … The new mediacal dictionary
