Which term means kidney stone?
A) nephrogram
B) nephrolith
C) nephroma
D) nephrotomy
B
Explanation: 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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