nephron

See also: néphron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -on.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.fɹɒn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛˌfɹɑn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧phron

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.

Derived terms

• nephronal
• nephronic
• nephron loop
• nephronophthisis
• oligomeganephronia
• pronephron

Translations

basic structural and functional unit of the kidney

• Arabic: وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّة (ar) f (waḥda(t) ʔunbūbiyya(t) kulwiyya), كُلْيُون m (kulyūn), نِيفْرُون m (nefron, nefrōn)
• Catalan: nefró m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腎單位 / 肾单位 (shèndānwèi), 腎元 / 肾元 (shènyuán)

• Czech: nefron m
• Finnish: nefroni (fi)
• French: néphron (fr) m
• German: Nephron (de) n
• Hungarian: nefron (hu)
• Interlingua: nephron (ia)
• Italian: nefrone (it) m
• Latin: nephronum n
• Polish: nefron m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) néfron m, (Portugal) nefrónio m
• Romanian: nefron (ro) m or n
• Russian: нефрон (ru) m (nefron)
• Slovak: nefrón m
• Spanish: nefrona (es) f
• Swedish: nefron (sv) n or c
• Thai: หน่วยไต (nùai-dtai)