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PNEUMONECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumonectomy mean?
• PNEUMONECTOMY (noun)
The noun PNEUMONECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
Familiarity information: PNEUMONECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pneumonectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
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