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metanephros

metanephros noun: the most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.

Noun

metanephros (plural metanephroi or metanephroses)

  1. The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.

metanephros meaning in Malayalam

metanephros in Malayalam

പശ്ചവൃക്കം

Forms of metanephros

pluralmetanephroi
pluralmetanephroses

Origin of metanephros

From meta- + nephros.

Words formed from metanephros

Questions about metanephros

What does metanephros mean?
Metanephros means the most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.
What is metanephros in Malayalam?
Metanephros in Malayalam is പശ്ചവൃക്കം. See Metanephros meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is metanephros?
Metanephros is a noun.
What is the plural of metanephros?
The plural of metanephros is metanephroi.

Words near metanephros in the dictionary

  1. metanephritic
  2. metanephrogenic
  3. metanephroi
  4. metanephron
  5. metanephrons
  6. metanephros
  7. metanephroses
  8. metaness
  9. metanetwork
  10. metanetworks
  11. metania

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metanephros (page history and authors); metanephros (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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