heminephrectomy

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noun

surgical removal of one of the two kidneys

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Meanings

nounheminephrectomy (countable and uncountable, plural heminephrectomies)

plural heminephrectomies

  1. countableuncountablesurgical removal of one of the two kidneys

    A two-step procedure was performed to induce chronic renal disease (CRD): left heminephrectomy at 20 weeks of age followed by right total nephrectomy 1 week later.

    2015 September 15, “Pitavastatin Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice with Late Stage Renal Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + nephrectomy.

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