nephrectomyn.
/nᵻˈfrɛktəmi/, /nɛˈfrɛktəmi/, U.S. /nəˈfrɛktəmi/ Surgery.
Surgical removal of all or part of one or both kidneys; an instance of this.
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nephrotomy1697
nephrotization1825
nephrolithotomy1849
nephrectomy1873
nephrostomy1900
1873 J. Parkin Epidemiology 792 In cases of renal tuberculosis, nephrectomy has often been the only remedy for the persistent hemorrhages.
1880 A. E. Barker in Medico-chirurg. Trans. 63 181 (note) The term ‘nephrectomy’ is employed throughout this paper as shorter than that of ‘extirpation of the kidney’, and as distinct from ‘nephrotomy’, or simple incision into the kidney.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 315 The..most marked effects are seen after partial bilateral nephrectomy.
1909 Practitioner Nov. 661 Where the surgeon finds during the course of a nephrectomy that the decortication of the sac is very difficult.
1966 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 Dec. 1406/1 An upper-pole nephrectomy was done.
1993 Body & Soul Fall 50/1 Many experts say that some day most nephrectomies will be performed laparoscopically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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