pneumonolysis Surg.
(njuːməˈnɒlɪsɪs)
[f. pneumono- + -lysis.]
= pneumolysis.
| 1934 Amer. Rev. Tuberculosis XXIX. 270 We were opposed to..extrapleural pneumonolysis with paraffin filling because it is contrary to accepted surgical practice to place a foreign-body permanently in the tissues. 1975 W. L. Glenn et al. Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surg. (ed. 3) xi. 251/1 Pneumonolysis has..maintained a limited but definite field of usefulness. |