nephrology

English

Etymology

From nephro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəˈfɹɒlədʒi/
  • Audio (Southern England); /ˌnɛf-/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

nephrology (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.

Coordinate terms

  • urology (both concern the urinary tract, but urology specializes in the structures downstream of the kidney)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.