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nefrón

Spanish, noun/neˈfɾon/

nefrón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nephron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad funcional básica del riñón, responsable de la purificación de la sangre, que consta de un corpúsculo…”.

What does nefrón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenephron

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Unidad funcional básica del riñón, responsable de la purificación de la sangre, que consta de un corpúsculo renal y un túbulo contorneado.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of nefrón

  • nefrones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nefrón?

  • /neˈfɾon/
  • [neˈfɾõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.