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nephric

American  
[nef-rik] / ˈnɛf rɪk /

adjective

  1. renal.

Etymology

Origin of nephric

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

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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