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Definition of Nephrons
1. nephron [n] - See also: nephron
Medical Definition of Nephrons
1. The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrons
Literary usage of Nephrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"nephrons from the superficial cortex have been shown to differ from inner cortical
nephrons in glomerular size, plasma flow, filtration, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The ureteral buds ([/) branch repeatedly; terminal branches (T) do not touch the
capsule of the kidney, and there are many nephrons of glomeruli (G) in ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... urine into a collecting tubule, which receives urine from several nephrons
before discharging into pelvis. that not even water is filtered well. ..."
4. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... this makes it impossible to penetrate individual segments of the nephrons for
chemical analysis of tubule constituents. However, in lower organisms, eg, ..."
5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... but also in others probably lying at other levels of affected nephrons, there
was conspicuous cytomegaly with one or more conspicuous intranuclear ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"This excretion, after an interval of time, can be increased either by increasing
consumption of food protein or by decreasing the number of nephrons by ..."
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