nephrologyn.
/nᵻˈfrɒlədʒi/, /nɛˈfrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /nəˈfrɑlədʒi/, /nɛˈfrɑlədʒi/ Chiefly Medicine.† 1. A treatise dealing with the kidneys. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 75/1 Nephrology,..a treatise of the kidneys. Dissertation on the kidneys and their functions.
2. The scientific study of the kidney; spec. the branch of medicine dealing with diseases and disorders of the kidney.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > study of secretory organs > [noun] > glands > kidneys
nephrography1833
nephrology1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Nephrology, scientific knowledge or investigation of the kidney.
1952 Science 22 Feb. 198/1 Table 1..dilates upon a scheme of comparative nephrology proposed by Kolff.
1974 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 12/1 J. G. G. Ledingham, consultant physician in general medicine and nephrology..has been appointed to the May Readership.
1993 Independent on Sunday 28 Nov. (Review Suppl.) 19/1 It has..the only postgraduate institute for urology and nephrology—specialist services which attract patients from all over the country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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