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Nephridia

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nephronsnoun(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
nephricRelating to or connected with a kidney.
nephronnoun(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
nephthysnoun(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
nephrogenicnoun(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney
nephroptosisnounAn abnormal condition in which the kidney drops down into the pelvis when the patient stands up.
nephroticPertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
nephrostomenounThe funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
nephrosisnoun(pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.
nephrostomynoun(surgery) The creation of a nephrostome.
nephriticOf, relating to, or affected with nephritis or nephritic syndrome.
nephrotomynoun(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
nephritisnoun(pathology) Inflammation of the kidney.
nephrosclerosisnoun(pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries
nephritenoun(mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
nephrolithiasisnoun(biology, medicine) The formation of, and thus also the presence of, calculi in the kidneys (kidney stones).
nephropathynoun(pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
nephrologynoun(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
mesonephrosnoun(biology) The second of the three excretory organs of the developing embryo; the Wolffian body.
nephrocalcinosisnoun(medicine, now more commonly) Diffuse, fine, renal parenchymal calcification on radiology.

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