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LOBECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lobectomy mean? 

LOBECTOMY (noun)
  The noun LOBECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)play

  Familiarity information: LOBECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOBECTOMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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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