nephric

[nef-rik]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

renal.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nephric¹

First recorded in 1885–90; nephr- + -ic

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Example Sentences

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Each of these short tubes is morphologically a nephric tubule, which, however, in correlation with its shortness, is without the turns and twists so characteristic of such tubules generally.