concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: nephrology

health sciences
type: Concept
narrower: nephrology

internal medicine
type: Concept
narrower: nephrology

nephrology
type: Concept
broader: internal medicine
broader: health sciences
definition: The word nephrology is Greek for “the study of the kidney.” The word kidney is synonymous with “renal” as well as “nephro” and the three terms are commonly interchanged. Nephrology is the branch of internal medicine that focuses on the structure and function of the kidneys—both healthy and sick. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Nephrology]