Definition of kidneys

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Kidneys (pl. ) of Kidne.

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Nephritic :: Nephritic (n.) A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.
"arena :: Arena (n.) Sand or gravel in the kidneys..
Strongyloid :: Strongyloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious..
Nephrology :: Nephrology (n.) A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions..
Suety :: Suet (n.) The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow..
Water Tube :: Water tube () One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst..
Egest :: Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine..
Lithontriptic :: Lithontriptic (a.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps..
Suprarenal :: Suprarenal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys..
Emulgent :: Emulgent (a.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins..
Hepatorenal :: Hepatorenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament..
Nephralgy :: Nephralgy (n.) Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.
Renal :: Renal (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.
Addison's Disease :: Addison's disease () A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal..
Bright''s Disease :: Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process..
Reins :: Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
Antinephritic :: Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys..
Uroglaucin :: Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican..
Reins :: Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins..
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