Associations to the word «Nephron»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

NEPHRON, noun. Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne