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As respects the New England settlers, however visionary nephological (nef-6-loj'i-kal). a. [< nepltolog-ii 
some of their religious tenets may have been, their politi- + _/ c _ a? .] Pertaining to nephology; relating to 
cal ideas savored of the reality, and it was no Nephelocnc- 
cyyia of which they drew the plan, but of a commonwealth 
whose foundation was to rest on solid and familiar earth. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 238. 
nepheloid (nef e-loid), a. [< Gr. vc<fie'/.oei6qf, 
cloud-like, cloudy, < ve<j>e~M], a cloud, + 
clouds or cloudiness. 
Hut at no time was it observed that the nephelogical 
[read nepholoyical] state of the atmosphere overhead or 
the prevalence of fog banks gave rise to anything like an 
aerial echo. Arc. Cruise of the Corwin, IbSl, p. 14. 
Nephrops 
fuse nephritis, inflammation involving both epithelial 
and connective-tissue elements of the kidney. Hemor- 
rhagic nephritis, nephritis with hemorrhages into the 
substance of the kidney. Interstitial nephritis, in- 
flammation involving primarily and principally the inter- 
stitial connective tissue of the kidney. It produces con- 
tracted kidney. Nephritis gravidarum, nephritis de- 
veloping in pregnant women without antecedent renal 
disease. Parenchymatous nephritis, inflammation 
instrument which will make a continuous rec- nephoscope/nero-skop),^ [<Gr.v, 
ord of the proportion of cloudiness of the sky. 
No such instrument has yet been constructed. 
It bears about the same relations to the nephelometer 
which we should have that the sun-dial bears to the clock. 
Aimer. Meteorological Jour., 1. 4. 
part of Bright's disease, but may 
,- --. -i A - ' i - occur in pyemia, ulcerative endocarditis pvelitis (sue //*/- 
+ OT-07TOH, View.] An instrument used m deter- cton^JWOj and more rarely in dysentery and actinomy- 
mining the apparent velocity and the direction cosis ; also, of course, from direct wounds of the kidney, 
of motion of clouds. It usually consists of a horizontal nephrocele (nef'ro-sel), n. [< Gr. ve<j>p6$, a kid- 
mirror, with compass-points or degrees drawn on the mir- uey, + nifl-ii, a tumor.] In nathol hernia of 
llllding frame t^trpthdr with an ariitiet.. .,1.1 
nepheloscope (nef 'e-lo-skop), n. [< Gr. ve&'fai, a 
cloud, + aKoirelv, view.] An apparatus devised 
by Espy for illustrating the formation of cloud. 
nephelosphere (nef 'e-lo-sfer), . [< Gr. vf^k'fJi, 
a cloud, + a<j>alpa, sphere.] An 
mosphere of cloud surrounding 
any heavenly body. 
It [water mist] gathers into a vaporous envelope, consti- 
tuting a true atmosphere or nephelosphere. 
Winched, World-Life, p. 543. 
nephew (nev'u or nef'u), n. [Formerly also 
nevew, dial, neny ; < ME. nephewe, nephoy, nevew, 
ror or on the surrounding frame, together with an adjust- 
able sighting-piece placed at various positions above the 
the kidney. 
auic nijiiiu iifi-i-iiuut; pitt^cu i< vuiiuua puaitiuiin uuuve LIIC j * / a - j* /M 
mirror. The sighting-piece serves as a fixed point for nephrOumiC (net-ro-dm ik), a. [< nepltr(iiliti) 
viewing the cloud-image as it moves away from the cen- + (por)odinic.] Porodinic by means of ne- 
'er "Vd 6 mlrror> upon which point the image is initial 'y phridia, as a mollusk ; having nephrogona- 
(nef-ral'ji-a), n. NL. < Gr. , W> 6 * he ^^ P roducts - 
nephralgic (nef-ral'jik), a. [< nephralgia + 
-ic. ] Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected 
with nephralgia. 
nephralgy (nef-ral'ji), n. [< NL. nephralgia, 
q. v.] Same as nephralgia. 
i-um), n. [NL. (Richard, 
bpoudfa, like a kidney: see 
nephroid.] An extensive genus of cosmopoli- 
tan polypodiaceous aspidioid ferns with cor- 
date-reniform indusia. By many recent pteridolo- 
gists the species are referred to the genus Aspidium, of 
which they form a well-characterized section. N. molle 
is frequently found in collections of cultivated plants. 
nei-oui, neveu, new, nevo, <"AF. nevu, OF', neveu, nephrectomy (nef-rek'to-mi) ,n. [< Gr. i^pdc, 
S^^5=fS2rS rar* " ] * ' S^SSSS^iso,* [<<*- 
a son's or daughter's sou, a grandson (also f., a 
granddaughter), later also a brother's or sister's 
son, a nephew, in general a descendant ; = Skt. 
napat, a grandson, son, descendant, = Gr. ve- 
Troief, pi., children (a rare word, applied by Ho- 
mer to seals, vro<!ff na)f/<; 'Atoavdvi/f, 'children 
of fair Amphitrite,' whence applied by later 
ial tuft specia 
Micros. Science, XXVIII. 397. 
I should be glad to draw attenti 
still more interesting features of the t 
Megascolides australis. Nature, XXXVIII. 17. 
mark, 
In anat., a description of the kidneys. 
[< nephridium + vf 0P 6 ?> a kidney, + E. gonaduc'i.] The nephridi- 
-dl.] Of or pertaining to the nephridia: as, a um of a mollusk whe n it serves as a gonaduct. 
nephridial organ or function. See idiogonaduct. 
Each of the eight seta) of ten appeared to have a nephrid- nephrography (nef-rog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. 
I tuft specially related to it a kidney, + -ypaQia, < ypafyuv, write, 
"" roe. Science, xxvill. 397. draw.] In anat., a descriptioi 
ition to the, in some ways, nephroid (nef'roid), a. and n. 
f the nephridial system in [< Gr. ^poe(%, like a kidney, 
- ature, XXXVIII. i7. veitpof, a kidney, + tMoo 
poets to water-animals generally), = (with loss nephridion (nef-rid'i-on), n.; pi. nephridia (-a), form.] I. a. Kidney-shaped- 
of the final consonant of the stem) OHG. nevo, Same as nephridium. reniform in hot resembling 
nefo, MHG. neve, G. neffe, sister's son, rarely nephridium (nef-rid'i-um),.; pi. nephridia (-a), the genus Nenhro'dium 
brother's son, also uncle, and in general 'kins- [NL., dim. of Gr. vn<t>p6{, kidney: see neer'l.] if n I n math a curve of Nephroid. 
man,' = MLG. neve, LG. neve = OFries. neva The sexual or renal organ of mollusks, corre- the sixth order with one triple and one single 
i, = Icel. spending to the kidneys of the vertebrates, crunode, the polar equation bein- 
o^. n ,K having an excretory and depurative office; the 
so-called organ of Bojanus. The term is extended 2 8ln ^ 
to similar organs in other invertebrates. In mollusks Nephrolepis (nef-rol'e-pis), n. [NL. (Schott, 
= D. neef, grandson, nephew, cousin 
nefi, kinsman, = AS. nefa = ME. neve, grand- 
son, nephew. Usually explained from the L., 
as < ne-, not, -I- potis, strong; but this does not 
hold for the other forms. The application, as 
with all other terms denoting relationship be- 
yond the first degree, formerly varied ('grand- 
son,' 'nephew,' 'cousin,' 'kinsman,' etc.); its 
final exclusive use for 'nephew' instead of 
' grandson ' is prob. due in part to the fact that, 
. . , 
the nephridia are tubular structures which place the 1054. Jr <Tuiin,i f,v thp Vonffan 
cavity of the pericardium in communication with the 1 ^4), 8O called from the renifoi-mindusia; <Gr. 
exterior. . vtypof, a kidney, + Mrrif, a scale.] A genus 
The renal organs, nephridia, or organs of Bojanus as of polypodiaceous ferns of the tribe AspicHctf, 
they are frequently called from the celebrated anatomist having pinnate fronds with the pinnse articu- 
lated at the base and often very deciduous in 
the dried p j ant The Tejng are ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
arise from the apex of the upper branch of a vein, and are 
covered with a reniform or roundish indusium. The ge- 
If. A grandchild; sometimes, a more remote 
lineal descendant. 
in the substance or in the pelvis of the 
' 
Gr. 
a kidney, 
stone. 
who discovered them, are always present [in mollusks]. 
Stand. Nat. Hist., I. 251. 
by reason of 'the great difference in age, a nephrite (nef'rit), n. [< Gr. veQpirw, pertain- 
person has comparatively little to do with his ing to the kidneys, < veQpds, a kidney: see Mm- 2 .] - 
grandsons, if he has any, while nephews are A tough compact variety of amphibole (tremo- T I s fS^S, m A ? ub ' r P|, cal . nd contains 7 species, of 
proverbially present and attentive, if their un M*. ~?--*i~aii.A - . fi. _J_r .-i-i _^._ ound in Flonda. See cut under fern. 
cle is of any importance. T' 
mon in the United States, 
conforms to the irreg. later spelling nephew, ph See jade 2 . 
being always pronounced as / except in this nephritic (nef-rit'ik), a. and n. [= F. nephre"- 
word and in Stephen (Middle English Steven).] '" c ~ --'-'"-- "- .-*-- 
with nephritis, < ve^pirif, nephritis : see nepliri- 
His [Jove's] blynde nevew Cnpido. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, I. 617. 
Their eldest sonnes also, that succeeded them, were 
called loues ; and their nephews or sonnes sonnes, which 
reigned in the third place, Hercules. 
Holinshed, Descrip. of Britaiue, ix. 
Nephews are very often liker to their grandfathers than 
to their fathers. - - - 
He is by several descents the nephew of Hugo Orotius 
[died 1645]. ... Let it not be said that in any lettered 
country a nephew of Grotius asked a charity and was re- 
fused. Johnson, to Dr.Vyse, July 9, 1777 (in Boswell). 
2f. A cousin. 
Henry the Fourth, grandfather to this king, 
Deposed his nephew Richard, Edward's son 
The first begotten, and the lawful heir 
Of Edward king, the third of that descent 
Shak., 1 Hen. VT., ii. 5. 64. 
3. The sou of one's brother or sister. Thisis now 
the usual meaning. Sometimes, in the interpretation of 
wills, the word is understood as including also 'grand- 
nephew.' 
As thei rode in soche maner thei mette fyve childeren 
that be youre neuewes. . . . These ... be youre suster 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 230. 
,. T ,!i e u J "'L le '"; J rta i nl y nearer of kin to the common stock. 
TiAn'hrit.inal /of_Tnf ;_ii\ r/ ^i.,--u n _i_ characters. 
ulmonate gastropod of the super- 
< 
a 
a'iid'of great account in divers' cases,'parUcuiarty 'asthmas" calculus from the kidney by an incision. 
nephritic pains, nervous colics and obstructions. nephrologist (nef-rol'p-jist), n. [< neplirolog-y 
__ Bp- Berkeley, Siris, 62. + -igt.] One who is versed in nephrology. 
Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 776. 2. Pertaining to or affected with nephritis : as, nephrology (nef-rol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. vtyptc., a 
. , 
kidney, + -Xoyfe, < /.eyeiv, speak: see -ology.~\ 
Scientific knowledge or investigation of the 
kidney. 
lood - Arbuthnot, Aliments, iv. 2. 16. Nephropneusta (nef-rop-nus'ta), n. pi. [NL., 
. Believing disorders of the kidneys in gen- < Gr. veQpdf, a kidney, + *7rvet><rrof, verbal adj. 
a nephritic patient. 
The diet of nephritic . . . persons . . . ought to be ... 
opposite to the alkalescent nature of the salts in their 
blood. 
3 
eral: as, a nephritic medicine. 4. Of thena- 
ture of nephrite or jade.-Nephritic colic, renal 
colic; pain due to the passage of a calculus from the 
kidney. Nephritic retinitis, retinitis dependent on 
nephritis. Nephritic stone. Same as nephrite. Neph- 
ritic tree, a small leguminous tree of the West Indies, 
Pithecolobvum Unyuis-cati. Nephritic wood, the lig- 
num nephriticum of old pharmacologists a wood, sup- 
posed to be that of the horseradish-tree, which has been 
used in decoction for affections of the kidneys, etc. 
of irvelv, breathe.] A superfamily group of 
pulmonate gastropods, equivalent to the Geo- 
phila or Stylmnmatophora, containing the land- 
snails and -slugs, which are thus contrasted 
with the Branchiopneusta or Basommatophora, 
including the aquatic snails : so called on the 
ground that the respiratory sac is morphologi- 
cally a kind of urinary bladder. 
'rops), n. [< Gr. ved>p6(, a kidney, 
A genus of long-tailed ten-footed 
)f the family Homaridte: so called 
_ -Amvloid 1 *" 1 " ""* nephroid eyes. N.norvegious.^aovm 
nephritis, the presence of lardacein in the renal tissues. as t' 16 Nonvay lobster, is found on the Atlantic 
- Desquamative nephritis, see dejuamaUte. Dif- coasts of Europe, and lias commercial value. 
