Meaning Of The Word Pronephros

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pronephros in American English
a primitive kidney, the most anterior of three pairs of renal organs, functional only during embryonic development in most lower vertebrates, and appearing only transiently in the human embryo
noun: one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes

pronephros in British English
noun: the first-formed anterior part of the embryonic kidney in vertebrates, which remains functional in the larvae of the lower vertebrates

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