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heminephrectomy

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English

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Etymology

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From hemi- +‎ nephrectomy.

Noun

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heminephrectomy (countable and uncountable, plural heminephrectomies)

  1. 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[1], →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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