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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Glomerulus :: Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
Atrabiliary :: Atrabiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys..
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..
Kidneys :: Kidneys (pl. ) of Kidne.
Kidneywort :: Kidneywort (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).
Stone :: Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus..
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..
Nephritis :: Nephritis (n.) An inflammation of the kidneys.
Perinephritis :: Perinephritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.
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..
Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind.
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..
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..
Nephrology :: Nephrology (n.) A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions..
Cortical :: Cortical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney..
Interrenal :: Interrenal (a.) Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes..
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..
"arena :: Arena (n.) Sand or gravel in the kidneys..
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..
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