Nephritic
(Ne*phrit"ic), n. (Med.) A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.
Nephritis
(Ne*phri"tis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. a kidney.] (Med.) An inflammation of the kidneys.
nephrolithic
(neph`ro*lith"ic) a. [Gr. a kidney + -lith + ic.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal
calculi. Dunglison.
Nephrology
(Ne*phrol"o*gy) n. [Gr. a kidney + -logy.] A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the
kidneys, and their structure and functions.
Nephrostome
(Neph"ro*stome) n. [Gr. a kidney + mouth.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) The funnel-shaped opening
of a nephridium into the body cavity.
Nephrotomy
(Ne*phrot"o*my) n. [Gr. a kidney + to cut: cf. F. néphrotomie.] (Surg.) Extraction of stone
from the kidney by cutting.
Nepotal
(Nep"o*tal) a. Of or relating to a nephew.
Nepotic
(Ne*pot"ic) a. [See nepotism.] Of or pertaining to nepotism.
The nepotic ambition of the ruling pontiff.
Milman. Nepotism
(Nep"o*tism) n. [L. nepus, nepotus, nephew: cf. F. népotisme. See Nephew.] Undue attachment
to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship,
rather than of merit or of legal claim.
From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another
perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of popularity against him — the nepotism of his
order.
Milman. Nepotist
(Nep"o*tist) n. One who practices nepotism.
Neptune
(Nep"tune) n. [L. Neptunus.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented
as bearing a trident for a scepter.
2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered — as a result of the computations of
Leverrier, of Paris — by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about
2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.
Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, — used in blasting. — Neptune's cup (Zoöl.),
a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge
Neptunian
(Nep*tu"ni*an) a. [L. Neptunius belonging to Neptune: cf. F. neptunien.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.
2. (Geol.) Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.
Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races. — Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory
of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; — opposed to the
Plutonic theory.
Neptunian
(Nep*tu"ni*an Nep"tu*nist) , n. [Cf. F. neptinien, neptuniste.] (Geol.) One who adopts the
Neptunian theory.
