Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The science that deals with the kidneys, especially their functions or diseases.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Scientific knowledge or investigation of the kidney.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders
Etymologies
- nephro- + -logy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I call my nephrology colleague, am reassured that he is as incensed as I, and recite the magic words to Anesthesia, "Nephrology says it's ok.”
“The residents who spend time in nephrology care for your child under the direction of the attending physicians and fellows.”
“Your insurance plan fully covers columns about many important topics, such as nephrology and Gregorian chant.”
“The fellow will cover the nephrology service if both the first year fellows are absent.”
“All have obtained positions in an academic pediatric nephrology setting or pharmaceutical research.”
“During the first year of training, the fellow is mainly responsible for the care of nephrology patients admitted to the inpatient service and consultations from other services (six months) and for patients in the Dialysis Unit and Transplant Service (six months).”
“The Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program is a three-year program designed to train pediatricians by providing the necessary clinical and research skills to enable them to pursue an academic career in pediatric nephrology.”
“Personal statement outlining the reason for entering the field of pediatric nephrology”
““They put us in an ambulance and rushed her to a nearby hospital that had a pediatric nephrology unit, which put her on dialysis immediately,” recalls Hil.”
“Neil Turner, professor of nephrology at the University of Edinburgh, and president of Kidney Research UK, says: "Nobody who is in reasonable health needs to have any concern about drinking enough water because their body will tell them.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nephrology’.
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phrontistery - n
from phrontistery.info
nymphology, nympholepsy, nyctophobia, nymphean, nyctograph, nyctanthous, nyctalopia, nychthemeral, nutricial, nutrice, nutrication, nychthemeron and 340 more...
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JessIsWhy's list
I often wonder about the origin of words. When ever I find out that a word comes from a Latin, Greek or other word I wonder, "Then where did that word come from?" So I recently looked up the study ...
nephrology, otolaryngology, philom, self-aggrandize, memetics, craneometry, epicurean, epicureanism, diogenes, oenoanda, hermeneutical, ontology and 3 more...
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Medical terms or linguistic terms?
That's a terrible ablative case. Get me some morpheme, stet!
stet, stat, morpheme, morphine, ablative case, salmonella, morphology, nephrology, alethic modality, anaphoric clitic, bolus, hyperbole and 54 more...
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ologies
technology, acarology, aceology, acology, adenology, aedoeology, aerobiology, aerolithology, aerology, agriology, agrobiology, agrology and 850 more...
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expert
words that experts know.
cacique, erethism, o.p.a.c., performativity, telnet, bibliometrics, n.u.f.a.n., levy, copy catalog, repurpose, tattle tape, syncretic and 36 more...
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Medical terms I learned watching "House"
cushing's syndrome, arrhythmia, munchausen's synd..., vicodin, nephrology, vasculitis, differential diag..., tachycardia, ketamine, brain aneurysm, celiec disease, addison's disease and 32 more...
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medical descriptors
a list of diseases, medical conditions, drugs and other pharmacuetical paraphernalia
neutropenia, neulasta, nephrology, neutropenia, oncology, docetaxel, paclitaxel, neorecormon, eczema, atopic dermatitis, asthma
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mine's an ology!
words ending in ology
biology, oncology, nephrology, histology, microbiology, pathology, zoology, neurology, gynaecology, etiology
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