nephric

English

WOTD – 7 January 2009

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛf.ɹɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

nephric (not comparable)

1. Relating to or connected with a kidney.

Synonyms

• (of a kidney): renal; nephritic (only archaically)

Derived terms

• anephric
• binephric
• cardionephric
• enteronephric
• epinephric
• exonephric
• heptanonephric
• mesonephric
• metanephric
• nephric duct
• neuronephric
• paranephric
• peramesonephric
• perinephric
• pronephric

Translations

relating to or connected with a kidney

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܘܠܝܬܢܝܐ m, ܟܘܠܝܬܢܝܬܐ f

• Czech: ledvinový (cs) m, nefritický m, renální (cs) m
• Finnish: renaalinen (fi), munuais- (fi), munuaisiin liittyvä
• Kazakh: бүйректік (büirektık)
• Polish: nerkowy (pl) m, nefryczny n

Anagrams

• pincher, Pincher, phrenic