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nephrostome

[nef-ruh-stohm]

noun

  1. Zoology.the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.

  2. Embryology.a similar opening from the coelom into a tubule of the embryonic kidney.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nephrostomous adjective
  • nephrostomial adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nephrostome1

First recorded in 1885–90; nephro- + -stome

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