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neph·ro·tome

n :  the modified part of a somite of a vertebrate embryo that develops into a segmental excretory tubule of the primitive kidney - called also intermediate cell mass  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ne·phrid·i·um  ne·phrot·o·my 

 
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