Usually means: Surgical removal of a kidney.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word nephrectomy:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. nephrectomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. nephrectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nephrectomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nephrectomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nephrectomy: Vocabulary.com
  6. nephrectomy: Wordnik
  7. nephrectomy: Wiktionary
  8. nephrectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. nephrectomy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. nephrectomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nephrectomy: Dictionary.com
  12. Nephrectomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. nephrectomy: Rhymezone
  14. nephrectomy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. nephrectomy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. nephrectomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nephrectomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. nephrectomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nephrectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. nephrectomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. nephrectomy: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Nephrectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  11. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See nephrectomies as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nephrectomy)

▸ noun:  (surgery) The surgical removal of a kidney.

Similar:
nephrotomy, uninephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, nephrolithostomy, ureteronephrectomy, heminephrectomy, nephrorrhaphy, nephropexy, nephroscopy, ureterectomy, more...

Opposite:
nephropexy, nephrostomy, nephrolithotomy

Types:
radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, more...

Phrases:
partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, more...

Adjectives:
partial, radical, bilateral, laparoscopic, unilateral, right, left, contralateral, open, total, live

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Similar:
nephrotomy, uninephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, nephrolithostomy, ureteronephrectomy, heminephrectomy, nephrorrhaphy, nephropexy, nephroscopy, ureterectomy, more...

Opposite:
nephropexy, nephrostomy, nephrolithotomy

Types:
radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, more...

Phrases:
partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, more...

Adjectives:
partial, radical, bilateral, laparoscopic, unilateral, right, left, contralateral, open, total, live



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