METANEPHROS


Meaning of METANEPHROS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈne-frəs, -ˌfräs ]

noun

( plural meta·neph·roi -ˌfrȯi)

Etymology: New Latin, from meta- + Greek nephros kidney — more at nephritis

Date: 1884

: either member of the final and most caudal pair of the three successive pairs of vertebrate renal organs that functions as a permanent adult kidney in reptiles, birds, and mammals but is not present at all in lower forms — compare mesonephros , pronephros

• meta·neph·ric -frik adjective

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