lobectomy

9 letters in word "lobectomy": B C E L M O O T Y.

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• Definitions:
• a surgical procedure in which the lobe of a lung is removed.
• the removal of a lobe.
• surgery to remove a lobe of an organ--usually the lung.
• Surgical removal of an entire lobe of the lung.
• The right lung has three lobes and the left lung has two lobes. A lobectomy removes the entre lobe of your lung that contains the cancer. Before lung cancer surgery your doctor will make sure the parts of your lungs that remain will be enough to support your breathing needs.
• Surgery to remove a whole lobe (section) of an organ (such as the lungs, liver, brain or thyroid gland).
• A lobectomy is any operation to remove one or more lobes (rounded projections) of an organ; in this case, the brain. Today, the procedure as it occurs in the novel is obsolete, and the term applies mainly to such operations performed on the lung.
• Excision of a lobe of any organ or gland.
• The surgical removal of a lobe of the lung to remove a tumor. Lymph nodes: Small glands that filter a fluid called lymph, which contains white blood cells. The lymph nodes help the body fight infection and disease.
• removal of a lobe (as in the lung or liver)
• surgery to remove a lobe of an organ. In lung cancer, if the cancer is confined to a single lobe of one lung, a lobectomy may be performed to remove the cancer.
• surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)

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• lobbyists ←
• lobectomy
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