heminephrectomy

English

Etymology

From hemi- +‎ nephrectomy.

Noun

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, →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.

Related terms

• heminephrectomize