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nephrectomize

[ nuh-frek-tuh-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Surgery.
, ne·phrec·to·mized, ne·phrec·to·miz·ing.
  1. to perform a nephrectomy upon.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nephrectomize1

First recorded in 1895–1900; nephrectom(y) + -ize

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