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kidney definition

kid·ney (kid′nē)

noun pl. kidneys -·neys

  1. either of a pair of glandular organs in the upper abdominal cavity of vertebrates, which separate water and waste products of metabolism from the blood and excrete them as urine through the bladder
  2. the kidney of an animal, used as food
    1. disposition; temperament
    2. class; kind; sort

Etymology: ME kidenei < ?

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kidney Synonyms

kidney

n.

excretory organ, urinary organ, abdominal gland; see organ 2.


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kidney Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • donate: He donated a kidney to his wife in 1998.

Adjective modifier

  • transplanted: What other link must be made between the transplanted kidney and the body to allow the kidney to work?

Modifies a noun

  • transplant: About 50 % of patients require dialysis or a kidney transplant at some time in their lives.

Noun used with modifier

  • end-stage: NPHP is the most common genetic cause of end-stage kidney failure in children and young adults.
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kidney quotes

It is a standing insult tosportsmen to have to play undera rule which assumes that players intend to trip, hack and push their opponents, and to behave like cads of the most unscrupulous kidney. The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

-Fry, C(harles) B(urgess)

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