metanephroi
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metanephroi — n. embryonic kidney (Embryology) … English contemporary dictionary
metanephros — noun (plural metanephroi) Etymology: New Latin, from meta + Greek nephros kidney more at nephritis Date: 1884 either member of the final and most caudal pair of the three successive pairs of vertebrate renal organs that functions as a permanent… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pronephros — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 252 GrayPage = 1205 Caption = Caption2 = System = Days = 20 CarnegieStage = 10 Precursor = nephrotome GivesRiseTo = mesonephros MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = p 36 DorlandsSuf =… … Wikipedia
metanephros — metanephric, adj. /met euh nef ros/, n., pl. metanephroi / roy/. Embryol. one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney. Cf. mesonephros, pronephros. [1875 80; < NL < Gk meta META… … Universalium
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
metanephrogenic — meta·neph·ro·gen·ic .nef rə jen ik adj giving rise to the metanephroi <metanephrogenic blastema> * * * met·a·neph·ro·gen·ic (met″ə nef″ro jenґik) [metanephros + genic] capable of giving rise to the metanephros … Medical dictionary
metanephros — [met΄ə nef′räs΄] n. pl. metanephroi [met΄ə nef′roi΄] [ModL < META + Gr nephros, kidney: see NEPHRO ] the excretory organ lying behind the mesonephros in an embryo, which in mammals, reptiles, and birds develops into the permanent, or adult,… … English World dictionary
metanephrogenic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nefrə|jenik adjective Etymology: New Latin metanephros + English genic : producing the metanephroi … Useful english dictionary
