Medical Definition of Pneumonolysis

1. Division of the tissues attaching the lung to the wall of the chest cavity, to permit collapse of the lung. It was formerly used to treat tuberculosis. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumonolysis

pneumonic plague
pneumonics
pneumonitic
pneumonitides
pneumonitis
pneumonitises
pneumoniæ
pneumono-
pneumonocele
pneumonocentesis
pneumonococcal
pneumonococcus
pneumonoconiosis
pneumonocyte
pneumonokoniosis
pneumonolysis (current term)
pneumonomelanosis
pneumonometer
pneumonometers
pneumonomoniliasis
pneumonomycosis
pneumonopathy
pneumonopexy
pneumonophora
pneumonopleuritis
pneumonorrhaphy
pneumonotomy
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
pneumony

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