Which of the following terms means kidney stone?

A) nephrogram
B) nephrolith
C) nephroma
D) nephrotomy


B) nephrolith
Nephr/o means kidney and -lith means stone; therefore, nephrolith means kidney
stone. -gram means record, so nephrogram means record of kidney. -oma means tumor, so
nephroma means kidney tumor. -otomy means incision into, so nephrotomy is incision into
kidney.

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