Etymology

pneumonectomy

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Today it means: The surgical removal of all or part of a lung. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ← Proto-Hellenic *eks
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pléwmō
  3. Ancient Greekπλεύμων (pleúmōn)
  4. Ancient Greekπνέω (pnéō)influ.
  5. Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
  6. Ancient Greekπνεύμων (pneúmōn)
  7. Englishpneumono-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  10. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  11. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  12. Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  14. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  15. Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
  16. Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
  17. English todaypneumonectomy

From pneumono- + -ectomy.

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