nephrology

English

Etymology

nephro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nəˈfɹɒlədʒi/
Audio (Southern England, /ˌnɛf-/) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

nephrology (uncountable)

(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

telenephrology

Related terms

nephrologist

Translations

branch of medicine that deals with the kidneys

Catalan: nefrologia (ca) f
Czech: nefrologie (cs)
Finnish: nefrologia (fi)
French: néphrologie (fr) f
Galician: nefroloxía (gl) f
Greek: νεφρολογία (el) f (nefrología)
Hungarian: nefrológia (hu)
Irish: neifreolaíocht f
Italian: nefrologia (it) f
Kannada: ಮೂತ್ರಪಿಂಡ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (mūtrapiṇḍa śāstra)
Polish: nefrologia (pl) f
Portuguese: nefrologia (pt) f
Romanian: nefrologie (ro) f
Russian: нефроло́гия (ru) f (nefrológija)
Spanish: nefrología (es) f
Swedish: njurmedicin c, nefrologi (sv) c
Tagalog: palabatuhan

Further reading

nephrology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

phrenology

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