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PLEURECTOMY


origination date: 02/09/2001
originator: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
check date: 20/05/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISASURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
SURGERY
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
pleurectomyterm type: main entry term
number: singular
definition: surgical procedure involving the removal of a portion of the pleura, the tissue covering the lungs and the pleural cavity. This is a treatment for mesothelioma. (en)
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10

Spanish
pleurectomíaterm type: main entry term
definition: procedimiento quirúrgico que consiste en la extirpación de una parte de la pleura, que es el tejido que recubre los pulmones y la cavidad pleural. Es un tratamiento para el mesotelioma. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10