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loop of Henle
loop of Hen·le [ lp əv hénnlee, lp əv hénnlə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
part of kidney: the part of the kidney tubule in birds and mammals that forms a loop between the cortex and medulla
[Mid-19th century. After Friedrich Gustav Henle (1801-1885), German anatomist and pathologist]
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