Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lungectomy

/lʌŋˈɛktəmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lungec-to-my
IPA: /lʌŋˈɛktəmi/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal of a lung.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"Six months after my father's diagnosis, after the lungectomy, after a good amount of time during which the cancer had been polite and stayed put in the neighborhood in which it had started, one of the lymph nodes under his jaw started to swell with the stuff."
"Besides, Sadler's husband would perform an elective lungectomy on John if he ran around making that claim."

Etymology

From lung + -ectomy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lung

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

lungectomies (plural)

Rhymes With

hysterectomy vasectomy mastectomy appendectomy prostatectomy tonsillectomy gastrectomy lumpectomy splenectomy cholecystectomy nephrectomy laminectomy

Questions

How do you pronounce lungectomy?: The recorded pronunciation is /lʌŋˈɛktəmi/.
What does lungectomy mean?: The removal of a lung.
Where does lungectomy come from?: From lung + -ectomy.

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