Definition of kidney

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Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

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Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..
Tubule :: Tubule (n.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney..
Hilum :: Hilum (n.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney..
Phasel :: Phasel (n.) The French bean, or kidney bean..
"arena :: Arena (n.) Sand or gravel in the kidneys..
Nephritis :: Nephritis (n.) An inflammation of the kidneys.
Phaseolus :: Phaseolus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean..
Scyllite :: Scyllite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Uriniparous :: Uriniparous (a.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Cashew :: Cashew (n.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long..
Medulla :: Medulla (n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata..
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..
Emunctory :: Emunctory (n.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..
Pronephron :: Pronephron (n.) The head kidney. See under Head.
Reniform :: Reniform (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf..
Glomerulus :: Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
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