renal

[ reen-l ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.

renal

/ ˈriːnəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, resembling, or situated near the kidney

renal

/ rē′nəl /

1. Relating to or involving the kidneys.

renal

1. A descriptive term for the kidneys .

Other Words From

• inter·renal adjective
• post·renal adjective
• pre·renal adjective
• super·renal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of renal¹

1650–60; < Late Latin rēnālis, equivalent to Latin rēn ( ēs ) kidneys (plural) + -ālis -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of renal¹

C17: from French, from Late Latin rēnālis , from Latin rēnēs kidneys, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

I’d also lost about a third of my blood and was so dehydrated that I was experiencing the beginnings of renal failure.

From Outside Online

That’s when they found out that it was his kidneys — renal cancer — and it had spread to his bones.

From Washington Post

The cause was renal failure as a result of diabetes, his family said in a statement.

From Washington Post

Indeed, a patient with end-stage renal disease has a 20 percent co-pay, not just for dialysis sessions but for other issues that may go along with kidney failure.

From Freakonomics

About one of three adults with diabetes has some form of kidney disease, and about 30 percent of people worldwide with end-stage renal disease are diabetics.

From Freakonomics

Context: The Irish playwright uttered these words on his deathbed before dying of renal failure.

From The Daily Beast

One, suffering from renal failure, had been in the ICU bed next to Dighe.

From The Daily Beast

She has developed end-stage renal failure, and is in urgent need of a kidney transplant.

From The Daily Beast

In 1937, the blond bombshell Jean Harlow died of renal failure at the age of 26, while filming Saratoga with Clark Gable.

From The Daily Beast

In 2001, Batista gave one of his kidneys to Dawnell, 44, who had suffered from renal disease for many years.

From The Daily Beast

It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.

From Project Gutenberg

It is possible—as in urate infarcts of infants—for urates to be molded into cylindric bodies within the renal tubules.

From Project Gutenberg

Renal cells are abundant in parenchymatous nephritis, especially the acute form.

From Project Gutenberg

(a) Epithelial casts contain epithelial cells from the renal tubules.

From Project Gutenberg

Granular and fatty casts, therefore, always indicate partial or complete disintegration of the renal epithelium.

From Project Gutenberg