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Calyx :: Calyx (n.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae..

Antinephritic :: Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys..

Kidney :: Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind.

Uriniparous :: Uriniparous (a.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney..

Oncometer :: Oncometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc..

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.

Atrabiliary :: Atrabiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the 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..

Reins :: Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins..

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..

Fat-kidneyed :: Fat-kidneyed (a.) Gross; lubberly.

Hepatorenal :: Hepatorenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament..

Interrenal :: Interrenal (a.) Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes..

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..

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.

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..

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..

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

Ureter :: Ureter (n.) The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney..

Eliminate :: Eliminate (v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system..

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