Nephrology

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nephrology \Ne*phrol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. nefro`s a kidney + -logy.]
     A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys,
     and their structure and functions.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  nephrology
       n : the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its
           development and anatomy and physiology and disorders