Lobectomy (Noun)
Meaning
Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The patient underwent a lung lobectomy to remove the tumor that was isolated to one lobe.
- Lobectomy can be performed either as an open surgery or minimally invasively depending on the patient's situation.
- The doctor explained to the patient that he would need a temporal lobe lobectomy to alleviate his severe seizures.
- Complications arising from lobectomy vary based on the location and the extent of the procedure.
- She decided to go with a unilateral frontal lobe lobectomy after the neurologist concluded that the seizures started from that location.