uriniferous-tubule

uriniferous tubule

noun
a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.

Origin:
1855–65

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uriniferous tubule

noun
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron
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