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nephros

nephros noun: a kidney-like organ.

Noun

nephros (plural nephros or nephroi)

  1. A kidney-like organ.

nephros meaning in Tamil

nephros in Tamil

சிறுநீரகம்

Forms of nephros

pluralnephros
pluralnephroi

Origin of nephros

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”).

Words formed from nephros

Questions about nephros

What does nephros mean?
Nephros means a kidney-like organ.
What is nephros in Tamil?
Nephros in Tamil is சிறுநீரகம். See Nephros meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nephros?
Nephros is a noun.
What is the plural of nephros?
The plural of nephros is nephros.

Words near nephros in the dictionary

  1. nephroptotic
  2. nephropyelitis
  3. nephropyosis
  4. nephrorrhaphies
  5. nephrorrhaphy
  6. nephros
  7. nephroscleroses
  8. nephrosclerosis
  9. nephrosclerotic
  10. nephroscope
  11. nephroscopes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nephros (page history and authors); nephros (Tamil 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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