renal pelvis
Britishnoun
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Notably, these include cancers that are linked to obesity including "colorectum, uterine corpus, gallbladder and other biliary, kidney and renal pelvis, and pancreas" cancers.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
Internally, the kidney has three layers: an outer cortex, the middle medulla, and the inner renal pelvis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Emerging from the hilum is the renal pelvis, which is formed from the major and minor calyxes in the kidney.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The renal pelvis collects the urine and leads to the ureter on the outside of the kidney.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Pyelonephrī′tis, inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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