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Meaning of "nephridium" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NEPHRIDIUM

New Latin: little kidney.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NEPHRIDIUM

nɪˈfrɪdɪəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEPHRIDIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nephridium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEPHRIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nephridium

The nephridium is an invertebrate organ which occurs in pairs and performs a function similar to the vertebrate kidney. Nephridia remove metabolic wastes from an animal's body. They are present in many different invertebrate lines. There are two basic types, metanephridia and protonephridia, but there are other types.

Definition of nephridium in the English dictionary

The definition of nephridium in the dictionary is a simple excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tube through which waste products pass to the exterior.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEPHRIDIUM

antheridium · caladium · clostridium · cryptosporidium · cymbidium · hesperidium · idiom · iridium · oncidium · osmiridium · palladium · peridium · platiniridium · presidium · radium · rubidium · sphaeridium · sporidium · stadium · vanadium

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEPHRIDIUM

nephralgia · nephralgic · nephralgy · nephrectomies · nephrectomise · nephrectomize · nephrectomy · nephric · nephridia · nephridial · nephrism · nephrite · nephritic · nephritical · nephritis · nephroblastoma · nephroblastomata · nephroid · nephrolepis · nephrological

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEPHRIDIUM

aecidium · ascidium · aspidium · basidium · chromidium · coccidium · conidium · cormidium · ctenidium · glochidium · gonidium · medium · miracidium · ommatidium · praesidium · pycnidium · pycnoconidium · pygidium · pyxidium · stichidium · venidium

Synonyms and antonyms of nephridium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nephridium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEPHRIDIUM

Find out the translation of nephridium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of nephridium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nephridium» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

肾管
1,325 millions of speakers
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nefridio
570 millions of speakers
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English

nephridium
510 millions of speakers
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nephridium
380 millions of speakers
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الكلوة الجنينية
280 millions of speakers
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нефридий
278 millions of speakers
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nephridium
270 millions of speakers
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nephridial
260 millions of speakers
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nephridium
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Nephridial
190 millions of speakers
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Nephridiums
180 millions of speakers
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nephridium
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nephridium
85 millions of speakers
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Nephridial
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nephridium
80 millions of speakers
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nephridial
75 millions of speakers
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निफ्फ्रिअल
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nephridial
70 millions of speakers
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nephridium
65 millions of speakers
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nephridium
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нефридий
40 millions of speakers
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nephridium
30 millions of speakers
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nephridium
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nephridium
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nephridium
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nephridium
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEPHRIDIUM»

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Objective Zoology
Pharyngeal nephridia 3. Integumentary nephridia I Septal Nephridia The septal nephridium is the typical type of nephridia. These are the largest and are situated in four rows on the inter-segmental septa in each segment behind the fifteenth.
S. K. Sharma
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Aestivation: Molecular and Physiological Aspects
No alterations were reported in catalase and GPx activities in the three organs analyzed (hepatopancreas, foot muscle, and nephridium). Moreover, TBARS concentration in the nephridium of torpid autumn snails was significant higher than in ...
Carlos Arturo Navas, José Eduardo Carvalho, 2010
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Competition Science Vision
Excretory or Nephridial System In Pheretima, excretion is effected by segmentally arranged nephridia. These are typically unbranched and their inner ends open into coelom by a ciliated funnel, called nephrostome. Such a nephridium ...
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Xam Idea - Science
Body of nephridium. Nephrostome communicates with the body of nephridium through a short narrow neck. Body of nephridium has two parts : a short straight lobe and a twisted lobe which is formed of a proximal limb and a distal limb spirally ...
Various
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BIOLOGY For Tenth Class Part3
Please note that the singular of nephridia is nephridium. A nephridium is an assembly of long tubules lined with cilia (see Figure 10). One end of nephridium has a funnel like structure called nephrostome and the other end of nephridium has ...
Lakhmir Singh and Manjit kaur, Lakhmir Singh, Manjit Kaur
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Krishna's Non-Chordata
Atrium Ejacuiatory Duct Epididymis Ovi-Sac Albumen Gland Vagina Testis Sac ( 1st) 1st Nephridium Pre-Testicular Nephridia Vas Deferens \ Testicular / Nephridia / B. Pre-testicular nephridia First six pairs of nephridia situated in segments 6 to ...
Dr. M. C. Bhatnagar, Dr. Geeta Bansal
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Modern Text Book of Zoology: Vertebrates
Each nephridium is bent forming a small upper posterior horizontal limb and a long lower anterior vertical limb. The vertical limb lies in the coelomic canal of the primary gill bar and terminates blindly. The horizontal limb also lies in the dorsal  ...
R. L. Kotpal, 2010
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life
The solute composition and volume of coelomic fluid are regulated by nephridia ( singular, nephridium) that occur in nearly all segments. Each nephridium collects coelomic fluid, adjusts its composition, then expels waste through a pore in the ...
Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, 2012
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A Student's Text-book of Zoology: Protozoa to Chaetognatha
On account of the long convoluted character of the nephridium, different parts of the cell-rows are in contact, and where this happens the cells of the different rows are not distinguishable save by their nuclei. At some parts of its course the main ...
Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley, 1808
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Target 2011: Biology 11
27. Distinguish between the following: (a) Prostomium and peristomium. (b) Septal nephridium and pharyngeal nephri-dium. Ans. (a) Peristomium is the first body segment at the anterior end of the body bearing the terminal, crescentic mouth.
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3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEPHRIDIUM»

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Abaddon Incarnate's Steve Maher: The Gun Shy Email Interview
Pretty healthy; we have some good bands like Morphosis, Putrefy, I'll Eat Your Face, Nephridium, Warpath, and Zealot Cult to name a few. «Gun Shy Assassin, Feb 11»
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Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set
by nephridium (928664) writes: The "terrorists" (if you like to go ahead and put them all into the same category like the government does) care ... «Slashdot, Nov 07»
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Replacing Copper With Pencil Graphite
by nephridium (928664) writes: You'd have a source of carbon right from the CO2 in the air around production. Heh, now just combine this with ... «Slashdot, Jul 07»
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