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NEPHROTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrotomy mean?
• NEPHROTOMY (noun)
The noun NEPHROTOMY has 1 sense:
1. incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)
Familiarity information: NEPHROTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nephrotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
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