kidney
Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
Zoology. a corresponding organ in other vertebrate animals or an organ of like function in invertebrates.
the meat of an animal's kidney used as food.
constitution or temperament: He was a quiet child, of a different kidney from his boisterous brothers.
kind, sort, or class: He is only at ease with men of his own kidney.
Origin of kidney
1Other words from kidney
- kid·ney·like, adjective
Words Nearby kidney
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How to use kidney in a sentence
Glaser came to Katz’s story by way of her long-lost son, an adult in need of a new kidney by the time the author met him.
For a mother forced to give up her child, decades of grief, shame and secrets | Ellen McCarthy | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostRecently acquired wing Caris LeVert had successful surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his left kidney, the Indiana Pacers announced Tuesday.
Pacers’ Caris LeVert has successful surgery to remove cancerous growth; team expects full recovery | Des Bieler | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostThis goes back to the idea of whether financial incentives might skew someone’s judgment toward selling their kidneys or eggs.
One of the organs most sorely needed is the kidney, and it’s also one of the hardest to re-create.
This Artificial Heart Will Soon Be on the Market in Europe | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | January 20, 2021 | Singularity HubA third-grade teacher in Minnesota donated a kidney to her school’s custodianThe $32,000 the inmates raised includes $8,000 kicked in by Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs, a nonprofit group that Gray and his father started in 2008.
A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates | Kellie B. Gormly | January 1, 2021 | Washington Post
The one with the fever and the rash and the kidney failure that eventually killed her?
The Dirty Secret Doctors Don't Want You To Know | Kent Sepkowitz | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis conservatism, which is more of a cultural than political kidney, seems to fascinate, delight or detract critics.
Whit Stillman on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Barcelona’, His New Amazon Series, and the Myth of the Ugly Expat | Michael Weiss | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.
Yes, Chelsea Manning Should Get Hormone Replacement Therapy on Our Dime | Brandy Zadrozny | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSeeing one is especially important if you have diabetes, kidney disease or heart disease, says Dubost.
Their app, Colorimetrix, is accurate enough to monitor conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections.
New Camera-Centric Smartphone App Puts Healthcare in Your Pocket | Mihir Patkar | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.One whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe finding of blood-casts is the only certain means of diagnosing the kidney as its source.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPus-casts may appear if the process extends up into the kidney tubules (see Fig. 62).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt consisted of farinha, kidney-beans, and dried beef, a fixed measure of each to every person.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
British Dictionary definitions for kidney
/ (ˈkɪdnɪ) /
either of two bean-shaped organs at the back of the abdominal cavity in man, one on each side of the spinal column. They maintain water and electrolyte balance and filter waste products from the blood, which are excreted as urine: Related adjectives: nephritic, renal
the corresponding organ in other animals
the kidneys of certain animals used as food
class, type, or disposition (esp in the phrases of the same or a different kidney)
Origin of kidney
1Derived forms of kidney
- kidneylike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for kidney
[ kĭd′nē ]
Either of a pair of organs that are located in the rear of the abdominal cavity in vertebrates. The kidneys regulate fluid balance in the body and filter out wastes from the blood in the form of urine. The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron. Wastes filtered from the blood by the nephrons drain into the ureters, muscular tubes that connect each kidney to the bladder. See also nephron.
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