nephrolithostomy

noun

The surgical removal of a kidney stone

Scrabble 29

Meanings

nounnephrolithostomy (usually uncountable, plural nephrolithostomies)

plural nephrolithostomies

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe surgical removal of a kidney stone

Origin

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