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nephridium

/nəfɹˈɪdiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nephrid-i-um
IPA
/nəfɹˈɪdiəm/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates.

noun

The embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- English -idium English nephridium From nephro- + -idium.

Inflected Forms

nephridiums (plural) nephridia (plural)

Derived Forms

holonephridium metanephridium nephridial nephridiopore protonephridium

Rhymes With

idiom iridium presidium cryptosporidium

Questions

How do you pronounce nephridium?
The recorded pronunciation is /nəfɹˈɪdiəm/.
What does nephridium mean?
A tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates.
Where does nephridium come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- English -idium English nephridium From nephro- + -idium.

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