Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Similar
uriniferous tubule
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνεφρός“kidney”
- Englishnephron
From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -on.
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Arabic وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّة, كُلْيُون
- وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّةbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
- كُلْيُون (kulyūn)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
- نِيفْرُون (nefron, nefrōn)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Catalan nefró
- nefróbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Chinese Mandarin 腎單位 /肾单位, 腎元 /肾元
- 腎單位 /肾单位 (shèndānwèi)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
- 腎元 /肾元 (shènyuán)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Czech nefron
- nefronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Finnish nefroni
- nefronibasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
French néphron
- néphronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
German Nephron
- Nephronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Hungarian nefron
- nefronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Italian nefrone
- nefronebasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Latin nephronum
- nephronumbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Polish nefron
- nefronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Portuguese néfron, nefrónio
- néfronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
- nefróniobasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Romanian nefron
- nefronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Russian нефрон
- нефрон (nefron)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Slovak nefrón
- nefrónbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Spanish nefrona
- nefronabasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Swedish nefron
- nefronbasic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Thai หน่วยไต
- หน่วยไต (nùai-dtai)basic structural and functional unit of the kidney
Cite this entry
APA
nephron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nephron
MLA
“nephron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nephron. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nephron,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nephron.
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