Word: nephrons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
phrons
Definition: Plural of nephron; any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Morphemes:
Affix: nephron
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νεφρός
Language: grc
Decoded: nephros
Meaning: kidney
Affix: -on
Language: en
Decoded: -on
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles quanta molecular units or substances .
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.