亚洲网紅露点

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pneumonectomy

[ noo-muh-nek-tuh-mee, nyoo- ]

noun

Surgery.
plural pneumonectomies.
  1. excision of part or all of a lung.


pneumonectomy

/ nju藧藞m蓻kt蓹m瑟; 藢nju藧m蓹蕣藞n蓻kt蓹m瑟 /

noun

  1. the surgical removal of a lung or part of a lung
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

First recorded in 1885鈥90; pneumon- + -ectomy
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pneumonectomy1

C20: from Greek 辫苍别耻尘艒苍 lung + -ectomy
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Example Sentences

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Tuffier is quoted as showing a patient, aged twenty-nine, upon whom, for beginning tuberculosis, he had performed pneumonectomy four years before.

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