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lungectomy

/lʌŋˈɛktəmi/

lungectomy noun: the removal of a lung.

Noun

lungectomy (plural lungectomies)

  1. (informal) The removal of a lung.
    • However, considering that it was Len's cabin, and that Len's body has just been found under Grant Glacier, and that Len underwent a radical lungectomy with a shotgun sometime in the past year, yeah, I'm pretty sure.2003, Dana Stabenow, A Grave Denied, →ISBN, page 48
    • Six months after my father's diagnosis, after the lungectomy, after a good amount of time during which the cancer had been polite and stayed put in the neighborhood in which it had started, one of the lymph nodes under his jaw started to swell with the stuff.2013, Ron Currie, Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles: A Novel, →ISBN

Forms of lungectomy

plurallungectomies

Origin of lungectomy

From lung + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with lungectomy

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Questions about lungectomy

What does lungectomy mean?
Lungectomy means the removal of a lung.
What part of speech is lungectomy?
Lungectomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce lungectomy?
Lungectomy is pronounced /lʌŋˈɛktəmi/.
What is the plural of lungectomy?
The plural of lungectomy is lungectomies.

Words near lungectomy in the dictionary

  1. Lungchow
  2. lunge
  3. lunge line
  4. lunge lines
  5. lungectomies
  6. lungectomy
  7. lunged
  8. lungedness
  9. lungee
  10. lungees
  11. lungeing

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