What it means
The Greek root for the kidney. Nephrology is the study of the kidneys, a nephron is a kidney's filtering unit, nephrotoxic drugs harm the kidneys and a nephrectomy is kidney removal. The Latin root ren/o means the same thing and gives the word renalREE-nulRelating to the kidneys.ren/o kidney-al relating toFull entry .
At a glance
| Also written | nephro-, nephr- |
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