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postpneumonectomy

postpneumonectomy adjective: after pneumonectomy.

Adjective

postpneumonectomy (not comparable)

  1. After pneumonectomy.
    • We report a case of PN arising as complication of postpneumonectomy empyema (PPE) secondary to broncho-pleural fistula.2015 June 1, Venkatraman S Bhat et al., “Spontaneous Chest Wall Interstitial Emphysema Secondary to Chronic Empyema Thoracis”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR, volume 9, →DOI

Origin of postpneumonectomy

From post- + pneumonectomy.

Questions about postpneumonectomy

What does postpneumonectomy mean?
Postpneumonectomy means after pneumonectomy.
What part of speech is postpneumonectomy?
Postpneumonectomy is an adjective.

Words near postpneumonectomy in the dictionary

  1. postplacing
  2. postplating
  3. postplatinum
  4. postplaying
  5. postpliocene
  6. postpneumonectomy
  7. postpneumonic
  8. postpolio
  9. postpolio syndrome
  10. postpoliomyelitis
  11. postpolitical

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