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RENAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the kidneys

Synonyms:

nephritic; renal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)

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 Context examples: 

There should be at least 3 relatives with an HNPCC-associated cancer (colorectal cancer, cancer of the endometrium, small bowel, ureter, or renal pelvis); 2.

(Amsterdam Criteria II, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital renal disorder characterized by the presence of small cysts in the renal cortex and/or renal medulla.

(Microcystic Renal Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Descriptive histopathologic term for renal disease without an inflammatory component.

(Nephropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

CD70, the ligand for the costimulatory receptor CD27 and a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family, is found on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells among other cancer cell types.

(Anti-CD70 Monoclonal Antibody MDX-1411, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be asymptomatic or complicated by hematuria, infections, or renal stones.

(Medullary Sponge Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, well-circumscribed renal cortical neoplasm affecting females more often than males.

(Metanephric Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include metastatic carcinomas from the gastrointestinal tract, metastatic melanomas, and renal cell carcinomas.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the MET gene are associated with papillary renal carcinoma.

(MET wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Metastatic renal cell cancer is stage IV, but stage IV includes some non-metastatic tumors, e.g.

(Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by the acute loss of renal function and is traditionally classified as pre-renal (low blood flow into kidney), renal (kidney damage) and post-renal causes (ureteral or bladder outflow obstruction).

(Acute Renal Failure, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)