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NEPHRECTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
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)
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