Ne*phrid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Nephridia (#). [NL., fr. gr. of the kidneys.] Zool. & Anat.

A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.

 

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