{
  "Neptune":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ocean":[],
      ": the Roman god of the sea \u2014 compare poseidon":[],
      ": the planet eighth in order from the sun \u2014 see Planets Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "sailors shipwrecked by the wild waves of Neptune"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin Neptunus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccty\u00fcn",
      "\u02c8nep-\u02cct\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blue",
      "brine",
      "deep",
      "ocean",
      "sea",
      "seven seas"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073538",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nephron":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the functional units of the kidney that filters the blood, selectively reabsorbs substances (such as glucose, ions, and amino acids), and excretes nitrogenous waste (such as urea) and excess water and salts in the form of urine":[
        "Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood, called nephrons , which carry away waste products.",
        "\u2014 Michelle Morgan Bolton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each nephron servies as a filtering unit for blood running through blood vessels. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "The filtered waste and extra fluid from the blood then goes into the nephron and then eventually down through the ureters as urine. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 17 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Greek nephros":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nef-\u02ccr\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8ne-\u02ccfr\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190547",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nephritis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acute or chronic inflammation of the kidney caused by infection, degenerative process, or vascular disease":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ni-\u02c8fr\u012bt-\u0259s",
      "ni-\u02c8fr\u012b-t\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Symptoms of lupus nephritis include foamy urine, joint pain, swelling, and, in some cases, kidney failure, which may need to be treated with dialysis or a kidney transplant, the National Institutes of Health explain. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "In 1912, as Curran\u2019s father, George Pollard, lay dying from nephritis , the women began playing with the Ouija board. \u2014 Joy Lanzendorfer, Longreads , 14 June 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "Kidney problems, including nephritis and kidney failure. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 30 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek, from nephros kidney; probably akin to Middle English nere kidney":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1566, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033129"
  },
  "nephrosis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "ni-\u02c8fr\u014d-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074855"
  },
  "nephroblast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": nephridioblast":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nefr\u0259\u02ccblast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "nephr- + -blast":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082123"
  },
  "nephrocytary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a nephrocyte":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6nefr\u0259\u00a6s\u012bt\u0259r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "nephrocyte + -ary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143013"
  },
  "nephridioblast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a single large coelomic cell that is the precursor of a nephridium in some worms":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0113\u0259\u02ccblast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "nephridio- (from nephridium ) + -blast":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172958"
  },
  "nephrocyte":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nefr\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary nephr- + -cyte":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175253"
  },
  "nephritic wood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the wood of the rosilla tree formerly used in an infusion for kidney diseases":[],
      ": the wood of the East Indian horseradish tree formerly used in an infusion for kidney diseases":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180258"
  },
  "nephrons":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the functional units of the kidney that filters the blood, selectively reabsorbs substances (such as glucose, ions, and amino acids), and excretes nitrogenous waste (such as urea) and excess water and salts in the form of urine":[
        "Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood, called nephrons , which carry away waste products.",
        "\u2014 Michelle Morgan Bolton"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ne-\u02ccfr\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8nef-\u02ccr\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each nephron servies as a filtering unit for blood running through blood vessels. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
      "The filtered waste and extra fluid from the blood then goes into the nephron and then eventually down through the ureters as urine. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 17 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Greek nephros":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185423"
  },
  "nephrostome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ciliated funnel-shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ne-fr\u0259-\u02ccst\u014dm",
      "\u02c8nef-r\u0259-\u02ccst\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin nephrostoma , from nephr- + stoma stoma":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191159"
  },
  "nephridium":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tubular glandular excretory organ characteristic of various invertebrates":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ni-\u02c8fri-d\u0113-\u0259m",
      "ni-\u02c8frid-\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191628"
  },
  "nephromixium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nephridium that functions as an excretory organ and a genital duct":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccnefr\u0259\u02c8miks\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from nephr- + -mixium (perhaps from Greek mixis act of mixing, from mignynai to mix)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192722"
  },
  "Nephropsidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of crustaceans coextensive with Homaridae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ne\u02c8fr\u00e4ps\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Nephrops + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213442"
  },
  "nephrite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a compact tremolite or actinolite that is the commoner and less valuable kind of jade and that varies in color from white to dark green or black":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ne-\u02ccfr\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jade is a complex stone to purchase well, because there are two different varieties ( nephrite and jadeite) and numerous grades, colors, and subtle qualities to consider. \u2014 Augusten Burroughs, Town & Country , 15 Sep. 2016",
      "Jade is a complex stone to purchase well, because there are two different varieties ( nephrite and jadeite) and numerous grades, colors, and subtle qualities to consider. \u2014 Augusten Burroughs, Town & Country , 15 Sep. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German Nephrit , from Greek nephros ; from its formerly being worn as a remedy for kidney diseases":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1794, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231053"
  },
  "nephrology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch of medicine concerned with the kidneys":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ni-\u02c8fr\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
      "ni-\u02c8fr\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Boston Children\u2019s also was ranked No. 1 in the country for pediatric cancer treatment, nephrology , neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and urology. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Intensive therapy that continued for a full two weeks after delivery eventually turned the situation around, but not without a cross-discipline effort that included specialists in cardiology, nephrology , endocrinology and neonatology. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "For Elaine Kamil, 75, a pediatric nephrology specialist in Los Angeles, immense grief after the unexpected death of her 31-year-old-son physically took a toll on her heart. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Though kidney disease at large is considered common and accounts for 83% of all transplants, End Stage Renal Disease in children is rare, said Dr. David Haines, division chief of pediatric nephrology at Indiana University School of Medicine. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "According to the UVA Hospital website, Dr. Warburton is an associate professor with an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certification in nephrology , a specialization of internal medicine focused on the kidneys. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Apart from a flurry of responses from his nephrology friends, Klein got hundreds of replies from others. \u2014 Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Other warning signs may be high blood pressure or swelling in your legs, Robert Greenwell, MD, chief of nephrology at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, tells Health. \u2014 Hallie Levine, Health.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "The research, led by John Arthur, a professor of nephrology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, intended to see what biology might be unique to Covid survivors. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 15 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233740"
  },
  "nephridial gland":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": nephridium":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000100"
  },
  "nephridioduct":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the duct of a nephridium connecting nephrostome and nephridiopore and often serving as a common excretory and genital outlet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccd\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "nephridio- (from nephridium ) + duct":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000115"
  },
  "nephrogonaduct":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nephridium that serves as a gonoduct":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ne(\u02cc)fr\u014d+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "nephr- + gonoduct":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011656"
  },
  "neptunium series":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a radioactive series that does not now occur in nature and that begins with plutonium of mass number 241 and continues to americium, to the longest-lived member of the series neptunium of mass number 237, and eventually to the stable end product bismuth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045556"
  }
}