Lobectomy. A lobe of the lung is removed.

What is difference between lobectomy and pneumonectomy?

A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove a lung. Removal of just one lobe of the lung is specifically referred to as a lobectomy, and that of a segment of the lung as a wedge resection (or segmentectomy).

What is the root word for lobectomy?

Origin of lobectomy

First recorded in 1910–15; lobe + -ectomy.