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Noun: nephrology  ni'fró-lu-jee
  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders

Derived forms: nephrologies

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation

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