nephrectomize
American
[nuh-frek-tuh-mahyz]
/ nəˈfrɛk təˌmaɪz /
especially British,
nephrectomise
verb (used with object)
Surgery.
nephrectomized, nephrectomizing
Etymology
Origin of nephrectomize
First recorded in 1895–1900; nephrectom(y) + -ize
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