Definition

1. Noun:
   • A surgical procedure involving the excision of a lobe from an organ in the body, such as the lung or brain.

Usage

• The term "lobectomy" is used specifically in medical contexts to describe a major surgical operation. It is a precise term and is not used in everyday conversation.

Examples

• The patient underwent a lobectomy to remove the cancerous portion of his right lung.
• A temporal lobectomy is sometimes performed to treat severe epilepsy.
• After the lobectomy, her recovery required several weeks of rest and rehabilitation.

Advanced Usage

• The word is often modified by the name of the specific organ to indicate the type of surgery, e.g., , , .
  • The success rate for a pulmonary lobectomy in early-stage lung cancer is very high.

Variants and Related Words

• Lobectomies (n): The plural form of lobectomy.
  • The surgeon has performed over two hundred lobectomies in her career.
• Lobotomy (n): A different neurosurgical procedure. Important: This is a distinct medical term and should not be confused with "lobectomy."

Synonyms

• Lobe resection: A near-synonymous medical term.
• Excision of a lobe: A descriptive phrase with the same meaning.

Antonyms

• Loboplasty: A surgical procedure to repair or reconstruct a lobe, not remove it.
• Organ preservation surgery: A general term for surgeries that aim to save the entire organ.

Notes

• "Lobectomy" is a compound noun formed from "lobe" (a rounded projection or division of an organ) and the suffix "-ectomy" (meaning surgical removal). It follows the standard pattern for surgical procedure names (e.g., appendectomy, tonsillectomy).

Noun

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