NEPHROPTOSIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephroptosia mean? 

• NEPHROPTOSIA (noun)
  The noun NEPHROPTOSIA has 1 sense:

1. prolapse of the kidney

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHROPTOSIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prolapse of the kidney

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nephroptosia; nephroptosis

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

descensus; prolapse; prolapsus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))