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nephrocytes

nephrocytes is the plural of nephrocyte.

Meaning of nephrocyte

Noun

nephrocyte (plural nephrocytes)

  1. A specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products.

Questions about nephrocytes

What is nephrocytes the plural of?
Nephrocytes is the plural of nephrocyte.

Words near nephrocytes in the dictionary

  1. nephrocystin
  2. nephrocystins
  3. nephrocystostomies
  4. nephrocystostomy
  5. nephrocyte
  6. nephrocytes
  7. nephrocytic
  8. nephrodialysis
  9. nephrogenesis
  10. nephrogenetic
  11. nephrogenetics

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