The nephron is the kidney's basic structural and functional unit, responsible for blood purification.
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Nephron
//ˈnɛ.fɹɒn//
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21 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- كُلْيُون noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
- نِيفْرُون noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
- وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّة noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Catalan
1 entries- nefró noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 腎元 /肾元 noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
- 腎單位 /肾单位 noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Czech
1 entries- nefron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Finnish
1 entries- nefroni noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
French
1 entries- néphron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
German
1 entries- Nephron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Hungarian
1 entries- nefron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Interlingua
1 entries- nephron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Italian
1 entries- nefrone noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Portuguese
2 entries- nefrónio noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
- néfron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Romanian
1 entries- nefron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Russian
1 entries- нефрон noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Slovak
1 entries- nefrón noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Spanish
1 entries- nefrona noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Swedish
1 entries- nefron noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Thai
1 entries- หน่วยไต noun (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
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The nephron is the kidney's basic structural and functional unit, responsible for filtration of the blood.
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