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Meaning of pleurectomy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Removal of part of the pleura

Examples

“Most patients (12 cases) underwent pleurectomy/decortication, six had extrapleural pneumonectomy.”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

pleurenchyma Pleurisy pleurisy root pleurite pleuritic pleuritis