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RENAL PELVIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

Synonyms:

pelvis; renal pelvis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("renal pelvis" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("renal pelvis" is a part of...):

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: 

The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons (cellular structures in the kidney that filter blood and form urine) and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureters.

(Collecting duct, NCI Dictionary)

Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma (cancer that forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products) and renal pelvis carcinoma (cancer that forms in the center of the kidney where urine collects).

(Kidney Cancer, NCI Dictionary)