pneumectomyn.
/njuːˈmɛktəmi/, U.S. /n(j)uˈmɛktəmi/ Surgery.
= pneumonectomy n.
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pneumonectomy1885
pneumectomy1911
pneumolysis1913
pneumonolysis1931
1885 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 27 Aug. 210/1 Dr. True arrives at the judicious general conclusions in regard to pneumectomy that a partial or total resection, performed antiseptically, is generally supported by most animals and is compatible with life.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 359/1 Pneumectomy, excision of a portion of lung.
1911 Practitioner 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 Arch. Surg. 25 898 (heading) Lobectomy and pneumectomy in dogs.
1986 Jrnl. Clin. Microbiol. 23 1015 The immune response to local in vivo inhalation of a lysed bacteria vaccine was assessed in surgical specimens of main-stem bronchi from patients who had undergone pneumectomy for cancer.
2004 Lung Cancer 45 373 Previous surgical treatments included three lobectomies and one pneumectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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