verb
- to surgically remove a kidney or kidneys from a patient
Usage: medical/surgical term; transitive verb
Examples
- The surgeon decided to nephrectomize the patient due to severe kidney disease.
- In cases of renal cancer, doctors may nephrectomize the affected kidney.
- The team nephrectomized the donor kidney before transplantation.
- Patients who are nephrectomized must be monitored carefully for renal function.
- The procedure to nephrectomize requires specialized surgical expertise.