nephrectomize

[ nuh-frek-tuh-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Surgery.

, ne·phrec·to·mized, ne·phrec·to·miz·ing.

1. to perform a nephrectomy upon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephrectomize¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; nephrectom(y) + -ize