Definition of Nephridia

1. nephridium [n] - See also: nephridium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephridia

nephralgia
nephralgic
nephralgy
nephratonia
nephrectomies
nephrectomize
nephrectomized
nephrectomizes
nephrectomizing
nephrectomy
nephredema
nephrelcosis
nephric
nephric blastema
nephric duct
nephridia (current term)
nephridial
nephridiopore
nephrin
nephrins
nephrism
nephrisms
nephrite
nephrites
nephritic
nephritic calculus
nephritic factor
nephritic syndrome
nephritical

Literary usage of Nephridia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Among the burrowing and nephridia.—The nephridia of the Polychaeta have been generally dealt with above in considering the ..."

2. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"Whether they represent a pair of modified nephridia cannot at present be decided. The fact that they are supplied with numerous funnel apertures ought not ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Among the burrowing and nephridia.—The nephridia of the Polychaeta have been generally dealt with above in considering the ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"On ike STRUCTURE of the nephridia of the MEDICINAL LEECH. By AG BOURNE, Assistant in the Zoological Laboratory of University College, London. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"This view has the merit of explaining the sonce of apparently similar structures (ie, the larval nephridia) inch diverse types as Mollusca, ..."

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