nephron

See also: néphron

English

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) +‎ -on.

nephron (plural nephrons)

(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.

basic structural and functional unit of the kidney

Arabic: وَحْدَة أُنْبُوبِيَّة كُلْوِيَّة (ar) f (waḥda(t) ʔunbūbiyya(t) kulwiyya), كُلْيُون m (kulyūn), نِيفْرُون m (nefron, nefrōn)
Catalan: nefró m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腎單位／肾单位 (shèndānwèi), 腎元／肾元 (shènyuán)
Czech: nefron m
Finnish: nefroni (fi)
French: néphron (fr) m
German: Nephron (de) n
Hungarian: nefron
Interlingua: nephron (ia)
Italian: nefrone (it) m
Portuguese: néfron m
Romanian: nefron (ro) m or n
Russian: нефрон (ru) m (nefron)
Spanish: nefrona (es) f
Swedish: nefron (sv) n or c
Thai: หน่วยไต (nùai-dtai)

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