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nephrons

nephrons is the plural of nephron.

Meaning of nephron

Noun

nephron (plural nephrons)

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

Questions about nephrons

What is nephrons the plural of?
Nephrons is the plural of nephron.

Words near nephrons in the dictionary

  1. nephron loops
  2. nephronal
  3. nephronectin
  4. nephronic
  5. nephronophthisis
  6. nephrons
  7. nephropathia
  8. nephropathic
  9. nephropathies
  10. nephropathogenesis
  11. nephropathogenic

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