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pneumectomy Surg.|pnjuːˈmɛktəmɪ, njuː-| [f. pneumo- b + Gr. ἐκτοµή cutting out.] (See quot. 1895.) Now usu. called pneumonectomy (see pneumono-).
1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Pneumectomy (for pneumonectomy, from Gr. πνεύµων, a lung..), term for excision of part of the lung, an operation which has occasionally been tried in some forms of Phthisis. 1911Practitioner Nov. 682 Incision and drainage of a pulmonary cavity was the first operation practised for pulmonary tuberculosis, and..it has been performed much more frequently than pneumectomy. 1932[see lobectomy]. |