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nephrolithotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nephrolitho-to-my
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal of a renal calculus by incision into the kidney

Etymology

From nephro- + lithotomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nephrolithotomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nephrostolithotomy nephrolithostomy

Questions

What does nephrolithotomy mean?
The removal of a renal calculus by incision into the kidney
Where does nephrolithotomy come from?
From nephro- + lithotomy.

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