Nephrotomy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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