nephron

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

uriniferous tubule gfr neph nephrology nephrogram nephrogenesis nephologist nephroma nephritick nephrotoxicity

Often followed by

is segments and nephrosis in function to segment of

Word family

nephrons