Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0662 short lesson, about 20 seconds
nephr/o: Kidney
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The idea
The combining form nephr slash o also names the kidney, and comes from Greek.
In practice
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney.
Where people slip
Renal and nephrology are both standard. Neither root replaces the other in a given term.
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