If a patient is scheduled for a nephrectomy, what procedure will be done?
A) visual exam of a kidney
B) removal of a kidney
C) repair of a kidney
D) incision into a kidney
B
Explanation: The root nephr means "kidney" and the suffix -ectomy, "surgical removal." Repair would be nephroplasty; incision, nephrotomy; and examination, nephroscopy.
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