1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Nephron

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of the numerous filtering units of the vertebrate kidney that remove waste matter from the blood.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney

Word Usage

"This is known as nephron-sparing surgery, or partial nephrectomy, and is commonly performed using traditional open surgery."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tubule

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

anastomoses paresthesia polyzoary non-void urolagnia ileum hyracotherium Gatling washout polyneuropathy