LOBECTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lobectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

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