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nephrogenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nephroge-nous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of renal origin.

adj

Involved in forming the kidney.

Etymology

From nephro- + -genous.

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

nephrogenetic

Questions

What does nephrogenous mean?
Of renal origin.
Where does nephrogenous come from?
From nephro- + -genous.

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