nephrology

English

Etymology

From nephro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈfɹɒlədʒi/

• Audio (Southern England); /ˌnɛf-/:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

nephrology (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.

Coordinate terms

• urology (both concern the urinary tract, but urology specializes in the structures downstream of the kidney)

Derived terms

• telenephrology

 

Related terms

• nephrologist

Translations

branch of medicine that deals with the kidneys

• Catalan: nefrologia (ca) f
• Czech: nefrologie (cs)
• Finnish: nefrologia (fi)
• French: néphrologie (fr) f
• Galician: nefroloxía (gl) f
• Greek: νεφρολογία (el) f (nefrología)
• Hungarian: nefrológia (hu)
• Irish: neifreolaíocht f
• Italian: nefrologia (it) f
• Kannada: ಮೂತ್ರಪಿಂಡ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (mūtrapiṇḍa śāstra)
• Polish: nefrologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: nefrologia (pt) f
• Romanian: nefrologie (ro) f
• Russian: нефроло́гия (ru) f (nefrológija)
• Spanish: nefrología (es) f
• Swedish: njurmedicin c, nefrologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: palabatuhan

Further reading

• nephrology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• phrenology