Medical Definition of Countercurrent mechanism

1. A system in the renal medulla that facilitates concentration of the urine as it passes through the renal tubules. See: countercurrent exchanger, countercurrent multiplier. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercurrent Mechanism

countercountermeasures
countercoup
countercoups
countercries
countercry
countercultural
counterculturalism
counterculturalist
counterculturalists
counterculturally
counterculture
countercultures
countercurrent
countercurrent distribution
countercurrent exchanger
countercurrent mechanism (current term)
countercurrent multiplier
countercurrents
countercurse
countercurses
countercyclical
countercyclicality
countercyclically
counterdefense
counterdefenses
counterdemand
counterdemands
counterdemonstration
counterdemonstrations
counterdemonstrator

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