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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nephrotomy n 1: incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)