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URINIFEROUS TUBULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uriniferous tubule mean?
• URINIFEROUS TUBULE (noun)
The noun URINIFEROUS TUBULE has 1 sense:
1. any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Familiarity information: URINIFEROUS TUBULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
nephron; uriniferous tubule
Hypernyms ("uriniferous tubule" is a kind of...):
tubule (a small tube)
Meronyms (parts of "uriniferous tubule"):
malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle (the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron)
Holonyms ("uriniferous tubule" is a part of...):
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)
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