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Meaning of NEPHROTOMY

Pronunciation:  ni'frâtumee

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 Definition: [n]  incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)
 
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 See Also: incision, section, surgical incision

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ne*phrot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? a kidney + ? to cut: cf.
F. n['e]phrotomie.] (Surg.)
Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.
 

 

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