English Explanatory Dictionary

pronephros

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos

Word forms

pronephros pronephroi pronephroses

Etymology

From pro- + nephros.

Synonyms

pronephron protonephros
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