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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nephron /ˈnɛfrɒn/

▶noun Anatomy a functional unit within the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and an associated tubule.

– origin via Ger. from Gk nephros ‘kidney’.

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