duplex kidney

[ dōō′plĕks′ ]

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A kidney having two pelviocaliceal systems.

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The Duplex Drive (called DD) was one: an amphibious conversion which could be fitted to a normal Sherman tank.
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The one with the fever and the rash and the kidney failure that eventually killed her?
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His 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|DAILY BEAST
In 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.
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(Although Roberts also owns a duplex in Dodge City, he rents that out and does not live there).
There's No Place Like Home For Kansas Senator Pat Roberts|Ben Jacobs|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They 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 Wills
The finding of blood-casts is the only certain means of diagnosing the kidney as its source.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Pus-casts may appear if the process extends up into the kidney tubules (see Fig. 62).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It consisted of farinha, kidney-beans, and dried beef, a fixed measure of each to every person.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham