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noun
The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: incision, section, surgical incision
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negwhrós Proto-Hellenic *nekwhrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English nephrotomy From nephro- + -tomy.
