nephrotomy

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nephrotomy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nephrotomy \Ne*phrot"o*my\, n. [Gr. nefro`s a kidney + te`mnein
     to cut: cf. F. n['e]phrotomie.] (Surg.)
     Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.
     [1913 Webster]

nephrotomy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nephrotomy
      n 1: incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)