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- English Word Nephralgy Definition Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.
- English Word Nephridia Definition of Nephridium
- English Word Nephridial Definition Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- English Word Nephridium Definition A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.
- English Word Nephrite Definition A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.
- English Word Nephritic Definition Alt. of Nephritical
- English Word Nephritic Definition A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.
- English Word Nephritical Definition Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.
- English Word Nephritical Definition Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.
- English Word Nephritical Definition Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.
- English Word Nephritis Definition An inflammation of the kidneys.
- English Word nephrolithic Definition Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi.
- English Word Nephrology Definition A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.
- English Word Nephrostome Definition The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
- English Word Nephrotomy Definition Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.
- English Word Nepotal Definition Of or relating to a nephew.
- English Word Nepotic Definition Of or pertaining to npotism.
- English Word Nepotism Definition Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.
- English Word Nepotist Definition One who practices nepotism.
- English Word Neptune Definition The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.