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The branch of medicine concerned with the kidney its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders
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nephrology
Word definitions for nephrology in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nephrology (from Greek νεφρός nephros " kidney ", combined with the suffix -logy , "the study of") is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself with the study of normal kidney function, kidney problems, the treatment of kidney problems ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nephrology \Ne*phrol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. nefro`s a kidney + -logy.] A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1839, from nephro- + -ology . Related: Nephrologist .
Usage examples of nephrology.
The wounded vatos I saw that night might not know a pancreas from a lung, but they were secure in the assumption that the doctor - a four-eyed wimp of the type they habitually stare down on the street - knew both nephrology and pneumonology.