Lobectomy
An operation done to remove a lobe of an organ such as the lobe of a lung or a lobe of the thyroid gland.</P> The lung has 5 lobes -- 3 on the right and 2 on the left.
A lobectomy may be performed for a disease such as lung cancer.
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