Meaning Of The Word Loop of Henle

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loop of Henle in American English
the long U-shaped section of a nephron in the kidney, where urine is formed
noun: the part of a nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules that extends, in a loop, from the cortex into the medulla of the kidney

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