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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney;
[syn: nephron, uriniferous tubule]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nephron n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous tubule]