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NEPHROLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrology mean? 

NEPHROLOGY (noun)
  The noun NEPHROLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disordersplay

  Familiarity information: NEPHROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHROLOGY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nephrology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)


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