📖 Definitions of "Nephrectomy"
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The surgical removal of a kidney.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephrotomynoun | (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney. |
| uninephrectomynoun | The surgical removal of one of the two kidneys. |
| nephroureterectomynoun | (surgery) Synonym of ureteronephrectomy. |
| nephrolithostomynoun | (surgery) The surgical removal of a kidney stone |
| ureteronephrectomynoun | (surgery, medicine) A surgical procedure to remove a ureter and a kidney (unilateral procedure) or both ureters and both kidneys (bilateral procedure). |
| heminephrectomynoun | surgical removal of one of the two kidneys |
| nephrorrhaphynoun | (surgery) suturing of the kidney (to hold it in place) |
| nephropexynoun | (surgery) suspension or fixation of the kidney |
| nephroscopynoun | (surgery) The examination of the kidney by means of a nephroscope |
| ureterectomynoun | (surgery) Removal of the ureters. |
| nephrostomynoun | (surgery) The creation of a nephrostome. |
| nephrouretectomynoun | Misspelling of nephroureterectomy. [(surgery) Synonym of ureteronephrectomy.] |
| nephrolithotomynoun | (surgery) The removal of a renal calculus by incision into the kidney |
| renorrhaphynoun | (surgery) suture of a kidney |
| enucleationnoun | (surgery) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors. |
| nephrocystostomynoun | (surgery) A combined nephrostomy and cystostomy |
| nephroscopenoun | (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube |
| spelectomynoun | (surgery) excision of a renal cavity |
| pyelotomynoun | (surgery) incision into the renal pelvis of a kidney |
| pyelostomynoun | (surgery) The formation of an opening in the renal pelvis of a kidney. |
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