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Henle's loop

[hen-leez]
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noun
  1. loop of Henle.
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Origin of Henle's loop

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for henle's loop

Henle's loop

noun
  1. anatomy See loop 1 (def. 10b)
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Word Origin

C19: named after F. G. J. Henle (1809–85), German anatomist
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henle's loop in Medicine

Henle's loop

n.
  1. nephronic loop
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