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Nephrectomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 55.4 55.5 MeSH … Wikipedia
nephrectomy — (n.) 1880, from NEPHRO (Cf. nephro ) kidney + ECTOMY (Cf. ectomy) a cutting out … Etymology dictionary
nephrectomy — [nə frek′tə mē] n. pl. nephrectomies [ NEPHR + ECTOMY] surgical removal of the kidneys … English World dictionary
Nephrectomy — The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal gland, nearby lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed in a radical nephrectomy. Simple nephrectomy is the removal of just… … Medical dictionary
nephrectomy — Surgery to remove a kidney or part of a kidney. In a partial nephrectomy, part of one kidney or a tumor is removed, but not an entire kidney. In a simple nephrectomy, one kidney is removed. In a radical nephrectomy, an entire kidney, nearby… … English dictionary of cancer terms
nephrectomy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1880 the surgical removal of a kidney • nephrectomize transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
nephrectomy — /neuh frek teuh mee/, n., pl. nephrectomies. Surg. excision of a kidney. [1875 80; NEPHR + ECTOMY] * * * … Universalium
nephrectomy — noun The surgical removal of a kidney … Wiktionary
nephrectomy — nɪ frektÉ™mɪ n. surgical removal of a kidney (Surgery) … English contemporary dictionary
nephrectomy — [nɪ frɛktəmi] noun (plural nephrectomies) surgical removal of one or both kidneys … English new terms dictionary
