Kidney

Theme list: kidney with definitions

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
A	NEAR	S	[a. NEARER, NEAREST] [Wiktionary - Sense 20] Kidney.
—	REIN	KS	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A kidney.
—	SUET	ESY	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
—	REINS	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] The kidneys.
—	RENAL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to the kidneys.
—	RENIN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.
—	SUETS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
—	SUETY	—	[a.] · SUET, the hard, fatty tissue around the kidneys of cattle and sheep (=suetier~ suetiest~)
MP	URINE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
—	ANURIA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
—	CORTEX	—	[n. -TICES or -TEXES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
—	KIDNEY	S	[n. -NEYS] · a bodily organ
—	URETER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
—	KIDNEYS	—	[n. -NEYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of kidney
—	NEPHRIC	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Relating to or connected with a kidney.
—	NEPHRON	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
—	URETERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
—	UROLITH	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A urinary stone, being any stone passed from the urinary tract, such as a bladder stone or a kidney stone.
—	CORTICAL	—	[n. -TICES or -TEXES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
—	GROMWELL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Lithospermum arvense (synonym: Buglossoides arvensis) or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
—	KALLIDIN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A decapeptide kinin, produced in the kidneys, that causes dilation of renal blood vessels and increased water excretion.
—	NEPHRISM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The symptoms of kidney disease.
—	NEPHRONS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.
—	PRERENAL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Situated above the kidneys, or at the junction of the vena cava and the renal vein.
—	PYELITIC	—	[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the pelvis or the kidney - PYELITIC [a.]
—	PYELITIS	—	[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the pelvis or the kidney - PYELITIC [a.]
—	RENIFORM	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
—	RENOGRAM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A medical scan of the kidney.
—	URETERAL	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
—	URETERIC	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
—	EMUNCTORY	—	[n. -RIES] · © any organ or part of the body «as the kidneys, skin, etc~.,» which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter
—	GLOMERULI	—	[n. -LI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
—	LITHOTOMY	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones.
—	NEPHRISMS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The symptoms of kidney disease.
—	NEPHRITIC	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Of or relating to the kidneys.
—	NEPHRITIS	—	[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the kidney.
—	NEPHROSES	—	[n. -PHROSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.
—	NEPHROSIS	—	[n. -PHROSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.
—	NEPHROTIC	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of nephrosis «any noninflammatory degenerative kidney disease»
—	PENNYWORT	HS	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
—	PYELOGRAM	S	[n. -S] · (medicine) an X-ray picture used to examine the kidney and associated structures
—	UROCHROME	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.
—	WOUNDWORT	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney vetch)
—	CANNELLINI	S	[n. -S] A type of white kidney bean used in Italian~ cooking.
—	CORTICALLY	—	[b.] · Derivative of cortex «(anatomy) the outer layer of any organ or part, such as the grey matter in the brain that covers the cerebrum (cerebral cortex) or the outer part of the kidney (renal cortex)»
—	GLOMERULAR	—	[a.] · Derivative of glomerulus «a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule»
—	GLOMERULUS	—	[n. -LI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
—	HANTAVIRUS	—	[n. -ES] · any one of a group of viruses that are transmitted to humans by rodents and cause disease of varying severity, ranging from a mild form of influenza to respiratory or kidney failure
—	INTERRENAL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Between the kidneys.
—	NANDROLONE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A semisynthetic anabolic steroid C₁₈H₂₆O₂ derived from testosterone that is used in the form of its ester derivatives medically especially to treat anemia associated with kidney disease and illicitly (as by athletes and bodybuilders) to increase muscle mass.
—	NEPHROLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
—	NEPHROTICS	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of nephrosis «any noninflammatory degenerative kidney disease»
—	PHENACETIN	S	[n. -S] · a white crystalline solid formerly used in medicine to relieve pain and fever. Because of its kidney toxicity it has been superseded by paracetamol. Formula: CH3CONHC6H4OC2H5 Also called: acetophenetidin / ----- { acetophenetidin phenacetin § phenacetins }
—	PRONEPHROI	—	[n. -ROSES, -ROI or -RA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos
—	PRONEPHROS	—	[n. -ROSES, -ROI or -RA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos
—	PYELITISES	—	[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the pelvis or the kidney - PYELITIC [a.]
—	PYELOGRAMS	—	[n. -S] · (medicine) an X-ray picture used to examine the kidney and associated structures
—	RENOGRAPHY	—	[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] imaging of the kidney
—	RIBOFLAVIN	S	[n. -S] · a yellow water-soluble vitamin of the B complex that occurs in green vegetables, germinating seeds, and in milk, fish, egg yolk, liver, and kidney. It is essential for the carbohydrate metabolism of cells. It is used as a permitted food colour, yellow or orange-yellow (E101). Formula: C17H20N4O6 Also: vitamin B2, lactoflavin~
—	SUPRARENAL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] On or above the kidney.
—	WOUNDWORTS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney vetch)
—	EMUNCTORIES	—	[n. -RIES] · © any organ or part of the body «as the kidneys, skin, etc~.,» which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter
—	LITHOTRIPSY	—	[n. -SIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.
—	NEPHRECTOMY	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical removal of a kidney.
—	NEPHRITIDES	—	[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the kidney.
—	NEPHRITISES	—	[n. -TISES or -TIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Inflammation of the kidney.
—	NEPHROPATHY	—	[n. -THIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
—	NEPHROTOXIC	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] that is poisonous to kidney tissue
—	PHENACETINS	—	[n. -S] · a white crystalline solid formerly used in medicine to relieve pain and fever. Because of its kidney toxicity it has been superseded by paracetamol. Formula: CH3CONHC6H4OC2H5 Also called: acetophenetidin / ----- { acetophenetidin phenacetin § phenacetins }
—	RIBOFLAVINS	—	[n. -S] · a yellow water-soluble vitamin of the B complex that occurs in green vegetables, germinating seeds, and in milk, fish, egg yolk, liver, and kidney. It is essential for the carbohydrate metabolism of cells. It is used as a permitted food colour, yellow or orange-yellow (E101). Formula: C17H20N4O6 Also: vitamin B2, lactoflavin~
—	SUBCAPSULAR	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Below the capsule (of a joint, kidney etc)
—	VASOPRESSIN	S	[n. -S] · a polypeptide hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It increases the reabsorption of water by the kidney tubules and increases blood pressure by constricting the arteries Also called: antidiuretic~ hormone Chemical name: beta-hypophamine~ Compare oxytocin
—	HANTAVIRUSES	—	[n. -ES] · any one of a group of viruses that are transmitted to humans by rodents and cause disease of varying severity, ranging from a mild form of influenza to respiratory or kidney failure
—	HEMODIALYSES	—	[n. -LYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Dialysis that uses an extracorporeal apparatus to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
—	HEMODIALYSIS	—	[n. -LYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Dialysis that uses an extracorporeal apparatus to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
—	LITHOTRIPTER	S	[n. -S] · a machine that pulverizes kidney stones by ultrasound as an alternative to their surgical removal / ----- { lithotripter lithotriptor § lithotripters lithotriptors }
—	NEPHROLOGIES	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
—	NEPHROLOGIST	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of nephrology «the branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the kidney»
—	PRONEPHROSES	—	[n. -ROSES, -ROI or -RA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos
—	RENOGRAPHIES	—	[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] imaging of the kidney
—	RENOVASCULAR	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to the blood vessels of the kidney
—	UROLITHIASES	—	[n. -THIASES] · the presence of stones in the kidney, bladder or urethra
—	UROLITHIASIS	—	[n. -THIASES] · the presence of stones in the kidney, bladder or urethra
—	VASOPRESSINS	—	[n. -S] · a polypeptide hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It increases the reabsorption of water by the kidney tubules and increases blood pressure by constricting the arteries Also called: antidiuretic~ hormone Chemical name: beta-hypophamine~ Compare oxytocin
—	HAEMODIALYSIS	—	[n.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
—	LEPTOSPIROSES	—	[n. -ROSES] · any of several infectious diseases caused by spirochaete bacteria of the genus Leptospira~, transmitted to man by animals and characterized by jaundice, meningitis, and kidney failure Also called: Weil~'s disease
—	LEPTOSPIROSIS	—	[n. -ROSES] · any of several infectious diseases caused by spirochaete bacteria of the genus Leptospira~, transmitted to man by animals and characterized by jaundice, meningitis, and kidney failure Also called: Weil~'s disease
—	LITHOTRIPTERS	—	[n. -S] · a machine that pulverizes kidney stones by ultrasound as an alternative to their surgical removal / ----- { lithotripter lithotriptor § lithotripters lithotriptors }
—	NEPHRECTOMIES	—	[n. -MIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The surgical removal of a kidney.
—	NEPHROLOGISTS	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of nephrology «the branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the kidney»
—	NEPHROPATHIES	—	[n. -THIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
—	CHLOROTHIAZIDE	S	[n. -S] · a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
—	ERYTHROPOIETIN	S	[n. -S] · a hormone, secreted by the kidney in response to low levels of oxygen in the tissues, that increases the rate of erythropoiesis. It has been used as a performance-enhancing drug for athletes and racehorses EPO~
—	METHOXYFLURANE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of its detrimental effects on the kidneys.
—	NEPHROTOXICITY	—	[n. -TIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The state or condition of being nephrotoxic; toxicity that damages kidneys.
—	PYELONEPHRITIS	—	[n. -TIDES] · inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis Compare pyelitis
—	CHLOROTHIAZIDES	—	[n. -S] · a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
—	ERYTHROPOIETINS	—	[n. -S] · a hormone, secreted by the kidney in response to low levels of oxygen in the tissues, that increases the rate of erythropoiesis. It has been used as a performance-enhancing drug for athletes and racehorses EPO~
—	METHOXYFLURANES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of its detrimental effects on the kidneys.
—	RETROPERITONEAL	—	[a.] · of or relating to the area behind the abdominal lining, where organs such as the kidneys and bladder are located

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