See Also: nephrocele(medicine)

recontinue (iou) and nephrocele (medicine)


recontinue (iou)



recontinue verb trans. Now rare. LME.
[Old French recontinuer: see RE-, CONTINUE.]
Resume (a discontinued action, occupation, state, etc.).

nephrocele (medicine)


nephrocele


1. Hernial displacement of a kidney.

Origin: nephro-+ G. Kele, hernia

2. In lower vertebrates, the developmental cavity connecting the myocele with the celom.

Synonym: nephrotomic cavity.

Origin: nephro-+ G. Koiloma, a hollow (celom)