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An incision into the the renal pelvis and kidney in order to remove stones.

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nephr/o- kidney

pyel/o-renal pelvis

lith/o- stones

-tomy- surgical incision

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9y ago

The correct term is nephrolithotomy, which is a procedure to remove kidney stones. The procedure is normally used when kidney stones are too large to be passed through the body.

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Nephrolithotomy is surgical incision of the kidney to remove a stone.

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