NEPHRON meaning: Functional unit of the kidney

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word nephron:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

-nephron, nephron: Merriam-Webster
nephron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
nephron: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
nephron: Collins English Dictionary
nephron: Vocabulary.com
Nephron, nephron: Wordnik
nephron: Wiktionary
nephron: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
nephron: Infoplease Dictionary
nephron: Dictionary.com
Nephron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
nephron: Rhymezone
nephron: FreeDictionary.org
nephron: Mnemonic Dictionary
nephron: TheFreeDictionary.com

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nephron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)

nephron: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
Nephron: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
Kidney Patient Guide Glossary (No longer online)
nephron: Medical dictionary
Nephron: Drug Medical Dictionary
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nephron: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nephron)

▸ noun: (anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.

Types:

glomerulus, loop of Henle, collecting duct, more...

Phrases:

cortical nephron, nephron loop, lower nephron nephrosis, intact nephron hypothesis, more...

Adjectives:

distal, proximal, mammalian, single, lower, entire, cortical, human, rat, individual, renal

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