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pronephros

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pro·neph·ros  (pr-nfrs, -rs)
n. pl. pro·neph·roi (-roi) or pro·neph·ra (-r)
A kidneylike organ, being either part of the most anterior pair of three pairs of organs in a vertebrate embryo, disappearing early in the embryonic development of higher vertebrates, but functioning as a kidney in some simple vertebrates, such as the lamprey.
[pro-2 + Greek nephros, kidney.]
pro·nephric (-rk) adj.
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