kidney : Idioms & Phrases

• noun renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract
  acute renal failure.
  

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• noun curved arteries of the kidney
  

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• noun veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules
  vena arcuata renis.
  

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• noun a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
  hemodialyzer.
  

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• noun renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders
  chronic renal failure.
  

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• noun malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
  nephroblastoma; Wilms tumour; Wilms' tumor; adenomyosarcoma.
  

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• . See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.
• . (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering.

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• an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.

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• (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates the pronephors.

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• noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
  frijole; frijol.
  
• noun large dark red bean; usually dried
  

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• (Bot.), a sort of bean; so named from its shape. It is of the genus Phaseolus (P. vulgaris). See under Bean.

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• noun rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath
  Begonia feastii; Begonia erythrophylla; beefsteak begonia.
  

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• noun a disease affecting the kidneys
  nephrosis; renal disorder; nephropathy.
  

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• noun inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance
  renal failure.
  

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• noun large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
  Trichomanes reniforme.
  

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• (Min.), a variety of hematite or iron sesquioxide, occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses.

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• noun like steak and kidney pie but without steak
  

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• noun a calculus formed in the kidney
  nephrolith; urinary calculus; renal calculus.
  

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• . (Min.) See Nephrite, and Jade.

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• noun perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders
  Anthyllis vulneraria.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous herb of Europe and Asia (Anthyllis vulneraria), with cloverlike heads of red or yellow flowers, once used as a remedy for renal disorders, and also to stop the flow of blood from wounds; lady's-fingers.

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• noun widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
  coyote bush; chaparral broom; coyote brush; Baccharis pilularis.
  

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Kid"ney-form`, Kid"ney-shaped` adjective (Also<

• Kidney-form
• Kidney-shaped

)

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1. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. Gray.

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
  reniform.
  

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Kid"ney-form`, Kid"ney-shaped` adjective (Also<

• Kidney-form
• Kidney-shaped

)

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1. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. Gray.

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• (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.

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• noun kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
  PKD.
  

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• noun steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked
  

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• (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; called also floating kidney, movable kidney.

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• etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.

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