lobectomyn.
/ləʊˈbɛktəmi/, U.S. /loʊˈbɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Excision of a lobe of some organ, esp. of a lung or the brain.
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decerebration1900
hypophysectomy1909
lobectomy1911
pinealectomy1915
lobotomy1936
leucotomy1937
tractotomy1938
thalamotomy1948
topectomy1948
gyrectomy1949
hemispherectomy1950
stereotaxy1959
lobotomization1974
1911 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 6) 464/1 Lobectomy, excision of a lobe of a gland, as the thyroid.
1932 Arch. Surg. XXV. 898 (heading) Lobectomy and pneumectomy in dogs.
1940 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 30 371 Thirty-two cases, each representing a partial lobectomy.
1949 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 47 135 Liver lobectomy.
1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) 38 It may well be that the computer-assisted treatment will replace the radical operation of temporal lobectomy.
1967 S. Taylor et al. Short Textbk. Surg. xvi. 208 Treatment is wide removal of the tumour with surrounding healthy lung... Lobectomy may suffice, but pneumonectomy may be required.
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