Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pneumectomy .
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- noun surgery The surgical removal of all or part of a
lung .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Hu LM, Davies P, Reid LM: Compensatory lung growth after pneumonectomy in fetal lambs: A morphometric study.
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Hu LM, Davies P, Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Reid LM: The effects of intrauterine pneumonectomy in lambs: A morphometric study of the remaining lung at term.
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In the 1920s, when Evarts Graham, the renowned surgeon in St. Louis who had pioneered the pneumonectomy the resection of the lung to remove tumors, was asked whether tobacco smoking had caused the increased incidence of lung cancer, he countered dismissively, “So has the use of nylon stockings.”
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In the 1920s, when Evarts Graham, the renowned surgeon in St. Louis who had pioneered the pneumonectomy the resection of the lung to remove tumors, was asked whether tobacco smoking had caused the increased incidence of lung cancer, he countered dismissively, “So has the use of nylon stockings.”
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In the 1920s, when Evarts Graham, the renowned surgeon in St. Louis who had pioneered the pneumonectomy the resection of the lung to remove tumors, was asked whether tobacco smoking had caused the increased incidence of lung cancer, he countered dismissively, “So has the use of nylon stockings.”
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For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy.
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For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy.
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For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy.
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For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy.
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For cancer of the pleura pleural mesotheliomaa lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy.
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