bilobectomy

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Removal of two lobes of the right lung (middle plus right upper or lower)

Examples

“The majority of surgeries were performed using wedge resection ( n = 439, 71.4 %), followed by lobectomy ( n = 109, 17.7 %), segmentectomy ( n = 41, 6.7 %), precision excision ( n = 20, 3.3 %), bilobectomy ( n = 5, 0.8 %), and pneumonectomy ( n = 1, 0.2 %).”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

bilobol bilobulate bilobulation bilocality bilocation bilocational

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