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Webster 1913 Edition

Nephridium

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Ne-phrid′i-um

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Nephridia

(#)

.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] of the

kidneys

.]

(Zool. & Anat.)

A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under

Loeven’s larva

.