metanephros

[Gr. meta =behind; neph rosa kidney.] Anat.: The hindermost pair of the embryonic renal organs developed in some vertebrates. Mět-ăn-gis-mon-1-tæ, s . pl . [Greek meta=in; anggeion =a ve el, a receptacle, and monos =alone, only.] Church Hist.: A sect of heretics of the third century, who maintained that the union between the Father and the Son in the Trinity was effected by the Son entering into the Father, as a le er ve el may be placed in a greater. ( Blunt .)