- nephrostoma, nephrostome
- One of the ciliated funnel-shaped openings by which pronephric and some primitive mesonephric tubules communicate with the celom. [nephro- + G. stoma, mouth]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
nephrostoma, nephrostome
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nephrostome — noun Etymology: New Latin nephrostoma, from nephr + stoma stoma Date: 1888 the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium … New Collegiate Dictionary
nephrostome — neph·ro·stome nef rə .stōm also ne·phros·to·ma ni fräs tə mə n, pl stomes also sto·ma·ta mət ə the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium * * * neph·ro·stome (nefґro stōm) nephrostoma … Medical dictionary
nephrostoma — noun see nephrostome … Useful english dictionary
