nefrologia
Portuguese, noun/ne.fɾo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
nefrologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nephrology (branch of medicine that deals with the kidneys)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “especialidade médica que se dedica ao estudo, diagnóstico e tratamento das doenças relacionadas aos rins”.
What does nefrologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenephrology (branch of medicine that deals with the kidneys)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. especialidade médica que se dedica ao estudo, diagnóstico e tratamento das doenças relacionadas aos rins
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nefrologia?
- Brazil /ne.fɾo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /nɨ.fɾu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nefrologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nefrologia in Portuguese?
nefrologia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).