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NEPHRECTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Surgical removal of a kidney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nephrectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

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 Context examples: 

In a partial nephrectomy, part of one kidney or a tumor is removed, but not an entire kidney.

(Nephrectomy, NCI Dictionary)

In a radical nephrectomy, an entire kidney, nearby adrenal gland and lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed.

(Nephrectomy, NCI Dictionary)