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NEPHROPTOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nephroptosis mean?
• NEPHROPTOSIS (noun)
The noun NEPHROPTOSIS has 1 sense:
1. prolapse of the kidney
Familiarity information: NEPHROPTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prolapse of the kidney
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
nephroptosia; nephroptosis
Hypernyms ("nephroptosis" is a kind of...):
descensus; prolapse; prolapsus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))
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