"nephron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nephrons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -on. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|νεφρός||kidney}} Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”), {{suf|en||on}} + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} nephron (plural nephrons)
  1. (anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine. Wikipedia link: nephron Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: nephronal, nephronic, pronephron Translations (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney): وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّة (alt: waḥda(t) ʔunbūbiyya(t) kulwiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), كُلْيُون (kulyūn) [masculine] (Arabic), نِيفْرُون (nefron, nefrōn) [masculine] (Arabic), nefró [masculine] (Catalan), 腎單位 /肾单位 (shèndānwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 腎元 /肾元 (shènyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), nefron [masculine] (Czech), nefroni (Finnish), néphron [masculine] (French), Nephron [neuter] (German), nefron (Hungarian), nephron (Interlingua), nefrone [masculine] (Italian), néfron [masculine] (Portuguese), nefron [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), нефрон (nefron) [masculine] (Russian), nefrón [masculine] (Slovak), nefrona [feminine] (Spanish), nefron [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), หน่วยไต (nùai-dtai) (Thai)

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