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Definition of "lobectomy" [lobectomy]

  • Surgical excision of a lobe, as of the lung. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lobectomy" in a sentence
  • "Just a month ago, she had to go back into the hospital for another week for a surgical procedure known as a lobectomy – to remove the scar tissue in the upper bronchus of her lung which had resulted in a lot of catastrophic coughing."
  • "That was for a single incident of adeno carcinoma (a lung lobectomy with complications requiring a second surgery to remove mrsa fluid congealed in my chest cavity)."
  • "The finding that fetuses with hydrops are at very high risk for fetal or neonatal demise led to the performance of either fetal surgical resection of the massively enlarged pulmonary lobe (fetal lobectomy) for cystic/solid lesions or thoracoamniotic shunting for lesions with a dominant cyst."