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KIDNEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
Example:
urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kidney" is a kind of...):
excretory organ; urinary organ (an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them)
Meronyms (parts of "kidney"):
nephron; uriniferous tubule (any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney)
adrenal; adrenal gland; suprarenal gland (either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney)
arcuate artery of the kidney (curved arteries of the kidney)
arteria renalis; renal artery (an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters)
arcuate vein of the kidney; vena arcuata renis (veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules)
renal vein; vena renalis (veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra)
venae interlobulares renis (interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins)
venae renis (veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein)
renal cortex (the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules)
pelvis; renal pelvis (a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter)
Holonyms ("kidney" is a part of...):
urinary tract (the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine)
Context examples:
The adrenal glands are small glands located on top of each kidney.
(Adrenal Gland Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Your adrenal glands are just above your kidneys.
(Addison Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Cancer that forms in the tissues of the adrenal glands (two glands located just above the kidneys).
(Adrenal cancer, NCI Dictionary)
The outer part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney).
(Adrenal cortex, NCI Dictionary)
The inner part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney).
(Adrenal medulla, NCI Dictionary)
Metformin is not metabolized and is excreted unchanged by the kidneys.
(Metformin, NCI Thesaurus)
Wilms tumor of the kidney which occurs in adults.
(Adult Renal Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
There is an adrenal gland on top of each kidney.
(Adrenocortical, NCI Dictionary)
Surgery to remove one or both adrenal glands (a small organ on top of each kidney).
(Adrenalectomy, NCI Dictionary)
A new study now adds kidney disease to the list, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System.
(Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
