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Meaning of pneumonectomy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.

Examples

“Evarts Graham [...] pioneered the pneumonectomy (the resection of the lung to remove tumors).”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

Pneumonia pneumoniac pneumonic pneumonic device pneumonic plague pneumonitis