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

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  1. pneumonectomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Pneumonectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. pneumonectomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. pneumonectomy: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Pneumonectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pneumonectomy)

▸ noun:  The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

Similar:
pneumoresection, pneumectomy, pulmonectomy, pleuropneumonectomy, pneumonotomy, pneumotomy, pleurectomy, pneumopexy, lungectomy, lobectomy, more...

Opposite:
pneumonotomy, lobectomy, pulmonary resection

Adjectives:
right, extrapleural, left, total, radical, first, successful, contralateral, intrapericardial, unilateral, tracheal

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Similar:
pneumoresection, pneumectomy, pulmonectomy, pleuropneumonectomy, pneumonotomy, pneumotomy, pleurectomy, pneumopexy, lungectomy, lobectomy, more...

Opposite:
pneumonotomy, lobectomy, pulmonary resection

Adjectives:
right, extrapleural, left, total, radical, first, successful, contralateral, intrapericardial, unilateral, tracheal



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