- nephrectomy
- noun (plural -mies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1880 the surgical removal of a kidney • nephrectomize transitive verb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
nephrectomy
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Nephrectomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 55.4 55.5 MeSH … Wikipedia
nephrectomy — (n.) 1880, from NEPHRO (Cf. nephro ) kidney + ECTOMY (Cf. ectomy) a cutting out … Etymology dictionary
nephrectomy — [nə frek′tə mē] n. pl. nephrectomies [ NEPHR + ECTOMY] surgical removal of the kidneys … English World dictionary
Nephrectomy — The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal gland, nearby lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed in a radical nephrectomy. Simple nephrectomy is the removal of just… … Medical dictionary
nephrectomy — Surgery to remove a kidney or part of a kidney. In a partial nephrectomy, part of one kidney or a tumor is removed, but not an entire kidney. In a simple nephrectomy, one kidney is removed. In a radical nephrectomy, an entire kidney, nearby… … English dictionary of cancer terms
nephrectomy — n. surgical removal of a kidney. When performed for cancer of the kidney, the entire organ is removed together with its surrounding fat and the adjacent adrenal gland (radical nephrectomy). Removal of either the upper or lower pole of the kidney… … The new mediacal dictionary
nephrectomy — /neuh frek teuh mee/, n., pl. nephrectomies. Surg. excision of a kidney. [1875 80; NEPHR + ECTOMY] * * * … Universalium
nephrectomy — noun The surgical removal of a kidney … Wiktionary
nephrectomy — nɪ frektÉ™mɪ n. surgical removal of a kidney (Surgery) … English contemporary dictionary
nephrectomy — [nɪ frɛktəmi] noun (plural nephrectomies) surgical removal of one or both kidneys … English new terms dictionary
