Surgical incision into a kidney, usually to remove a stone; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From nephro- + -tomy, after post-classical Latin nephrotomia.
Definition of nephrotomy in US English:
nephrotomy
noun
Surgical incision into a kidney, usually to remove a stone; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From nephro- + -tomy, after post-classical Latin nephrotomia.