Usually means: Surgical removal of lung lobe.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. lobectomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. lobectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lobectomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lobectomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lobectomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. lobectomy: Wordnik
  7. lobectomy: Wiktionary
  8. lobectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lobectomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lobectomy: Dictionary.com
  11. Lobectomy (lung), Lobectomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. lobectomy: Rhymezone
  13. lobectomy: FreeDictionary.org
  14. lobectomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lobectomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lobectomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. lobectomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lobectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. lobectomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. lobectomy: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Lobectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  11. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See lobectomies as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lobectomy)

▸ noun:  (surgery) The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain

Similar:
bilobectomy, multilobectomy, hepatolobectomy, lungectomy, segmentectomy, lobotomy, blebectomy, leukotomy, brainectomy, pneumonectomy, more...

Opposite:
implantation, augmentation, addition

Types:
suboccipital, transcondylar, transcallosal, transsphenoidal, supraorbital, supratemporal, more...

Phrases:
Anterior temporal lobectomy, more...

Adjectives:
temporal, right, hepatic, left, bilateral, frontal, unilateral, upper, lower, total, partial

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Similar:
bilobectomy, multilobectomy, hepatolobectomy, lungectomy, segmentectomy, lobotomy, blebectomy, leukotomy, brainectomy, pneumonectomy, more...

Opposite:
implantation, augmentation, addition

Types:
suboccipital, transcondylar, transcallosal, transsphenoidal, supraorbital, supratemporal, more...

Phrases:
Anterior temporal lobectomy, more...

Adjectives:
temporal, right, hepatic, left, bilateral, frontal, unilateral, upper, lower, total, partial



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