Etymograph

English

lobectomy

From lobe + -ectomy.

A compound of lobe + -ectomy

Ancient Greek λοβός ‘the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod…’

New Latin lobus ‘a lobe’

Middle French lobe

English lobe

Today it means

noun The surgical removal of a lobe from an organ such as the lung or the brain

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Etymograph / lobectomy