Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nephrology
n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its
development and anatomy and physiology and disorders