nephrostoma, nephrostome

nephrostoma, nephrostome
One of the ciliated funnel-shaped openings by which pronephric and some primitive mesonephric tubules communicate with the celom. [nephro- + G. stoma, mouth]

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  • nephrostome — noun Etymology: New Latin nephrostoma, from nephr + stoma stoma Date: 1888 the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • nephrostome — neph·ro·stome nef rə .stōm also ne·phros·to·ma ni fräs tə mə n, pl stomes also sto·ma·ta mət ə the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium * * * neph·ro·stome (nefґro stōm) nephrostoma …   Medical dictionary

  • nephrostoma — noun see nephrostome …   Useful english dictionary

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