heminephrectomy

heminephrectomy

 [hem″e-nĕ-frek´to-me] excision of part (half) of a kidney.

heminephrectomy

(hĕm″ē-nĕ-frĕk′tō-mē) [Gr. hemi-, half, + nephros, kidney, + ektome, excision] The excision or removal of a portion of a kidney.