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metanephros

[ met-uh-nef-ros ]
/ ˌmɛt əˈnɛf rɒs /
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noun, plural met·a·neph·roi [met-uh-nef-roi]. /ˌmɛt əˈnɛf rɔɪ/. Embryology.
one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
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Origin of metanephros

1875–80; <New Latin <Greek meta-meta- + nephrós kidney

OTHER WORDS FROM metanephros

met·a·neph·ric, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for metanephros

metanephros
/ (ˌmɛtəˈnɛfrɒs) /

noun plural -roi (-rɔɪ)
the last-formed posterior part of the embryonic kidney in reptiles, birds, and mammals, which remains functional in the adultSee also pronephros, mesonephros

Word Origin for metanephros

C19: New Latin, from meta- + Greek nephros kidney
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