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.

Other Word Forms

• nephrostomous adjective
• nephrostomial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nephrostome¹

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