Etymograph

English

heminephrectomize

From hemi- + nephrectomize or heminephrectomy + -ize.

Formed from hemi- + nephrectomize

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

verb To carry out a heminephrectomy

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Etymograph / heminephrectomize