heminephrectomy
English
Etymology
hemi- + nephrectomy
Noun
heminephrectomy (countable and uncountable, plural heminephrectomies)
- surgical removal of one of the two kidneys
- 2015 September 15, “Pitavastatin Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice with Late Stage Renal Disease”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- A two-step procedure was performed to induce chronic renal disease (CRD): left heminephrectomy at 20 weeks of age followed by right total nephrectomy 1 week later.
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Related terms
- heminephrectomize