Definition of Nephrostome

1. n. The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Definition of Nephrostome

1. Noun. The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nephrostome

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nephrostome

1. The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity. Origin: Gr. A kidney + mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrostome

nephroptosia
nephroptosis
nephropyosis
nephrorrhaphy
nephros
nephroscleroses
nephrosclerosis
nephroscope
nephroses
nephrosic
nephrosis
nephrospasia
nephrostogram
nephrostoma
nephrostome (current term)
nephrostomes
nephrostomy
nephrostomy tube
nephrotic
nephrotic oedema
nephrotic syndrome
nephrotics
nephrotome
nephrotomic
nephrotomic cavity
nephrotomies
nephrotomogram
nephrotomography
nephrotomy

Literary usage of Nephrostome

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

1. The Structure and Development of the Nephridia of Arenicola Cristata by Ralph Stayner Lillie (1905)
"The position of the anterior margin of the nephrostome corresponds to the boundary between two successive somites; in early larval life the ..."

2. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"Section through the long axis of a nephrostome of ... The sides of the nephrostome are nearly parallel, so that the shape of the ..."

3. On the Anatomy of the Sutroa Rostrata: A New Annelid of the Family of by Gustavus A. Eisen (1888)
"In size the nephrostome ranges with the very largest, ... In order to see the rosette flattened out it is necessary to dissect out the nephrostome, ..."

4. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1888)
"The largest number of nephrostome openings counted on any one kidney was 150. ... Similar section showing single nephrostome. G/4 in thickness. Fig. 4. ..."

5. History of the Human Body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"The development of cilia at the narrow passage which leads into the recess, and the loss of them around the margin of the original nephrostome, ..."

6. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"Sections through the developing mesonephros and the common nephrostome of R. ... C. Section through the common nephrostome of a 25 mm. larva, a, ..."

7. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"The structure of the nephrostome and of the thin tube just behind it is of ... The nephrostome (Fig. 89) consists of a large crescentic central cell (cc) ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"This is most distinct opposite the anterior end of the pronephros, and ends exactly opposite the first nephrostome, where it passes into the general ..."

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