pneumonectomyn.
/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈnɛktəmi/, U.S. /ˌn(j)umoʊˈnɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical removal of part or (usually) all of a lung; an instance of this.
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pneumonectomy1885
pneumectomy1911
pneumolysis1913
pneumonolysis1931
1885 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Jan. 201/2 In conclusion, so far as can be stated from these operations on the dead body, it does not appear that pneumonectomy, in actual practice, would be an extraordinarily difficult operation.
1890 Ann. Universal Med. Sci. 3 B-27 The profession is urged by Zakharevitch to prosecute these investigations for the practice of pneumonectomy.
1938 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 26 190 (caption) Right lung, the site of bronchial carcinoma, successfully removed by dissection pneumonectomy.
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.
2005 Pathol. Res. & Pract. 200 813 As this lesion as found to be growing diffusely along the bronchial tree, a left pneumonectomy was performed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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