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lungectomy

noun
/lʌŋˈɛktəmi/

Etymology

From lung + -ectomy.

  1. derived from *h₁lengʷʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *lunganjō✻
  3. inherited from lungen
  4. inherited from lunge
  5. suffixed as lungectomy — “lung + ectomy”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • Besides, Sadler's husband would perform an elective lungectomy on John if he ran around making that claim.

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