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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 kidneyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHROPTOSIS (noun)


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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