Meanings
nounpneumonectomy (plural pneumonectomies)
plural pneumonectomies
- The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
Evarts Graham [...] pioneered the pneumonectomy (the resection of the lung to remove tumors).
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 242Synonyms: pneumectomy, pneumotomy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*plew-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléwmō
- Ancient Greekπλεύμων (pleúmōn)
- Ancient Greekπνέω (pnéō)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεῦμα (pneûma)influ.
- Ancient Greekπνεύμων (pneúmōn)
- Englishpneumono-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
- Proto-Hellenic*eks
- Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
- Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
- Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
- Englishpneumonectomy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pneumonectomy
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pneumonectomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonectomy
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“pneumonectomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonectomy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pneumonectomy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pneumonectomy.
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