Lungectomy
//lʌŋˈɛktəmi// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The removal of a lung. informal
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From lung + -ectomy.
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