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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

νεφρόσ

a kidney +

τέμνειν

to cut: cf. F.

néphrotomie

(Surg.)

Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

Noun.

[Gr. A kidney, to cut] In surgery, the operation of extracting a stone from the kidney.

nephrotomy ‎(plural nephrotomies)