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| Surgery to remove a kidney and its ureter. Also called ureteronephrectomy. |
Previous Definitions: | nephrectomy, nephrologist, nephrostomy, nephrotomogram, nephrotoxic | Next Definitions: | nerve, nerve block, nerve cell, nerve grafting, nerve growth factor |
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