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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 disorders
Familiarity information: NEPHROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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