nephrectomize

especially British, ne·phrec·to·mise

[nuh-frek-tuh-mahyz]

verb (used with object)

Surgery.

nephrectomized, nephrectomizing 

1. to perform a nephrectomy upon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephrectomize¹

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