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1. Kidney
   The kidney is a gland used for filtering urine from the blood.
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2. Kidney
   The kidneys are a pair of glandular organs in the abdominal cavities of mammals and reptiles. Calf's and lamb's kidneys are amongst the most delicate. Pig's kidneys are larger and coarser and make good pâtés.
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3. kidney
   (Humans as organisms) one of two organs in humans which extract impurities from the blood
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4. kidney
   [n] - either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
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5. Kidney
   One of a pair of organs in the abdomen. They filter waste products and excess water from the blood to produce urine.
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6. Kidney
   An organ in the body which is used for excretion. The kidney filters the blood and removes waste, urea water and salts.
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7. Kidney
   (kidneys) There are two kidneys, right and left. They filter waste products out of the blood and make urine. The kidneys are very sensitive to blood flow and to some drugs. Doctors often take blood tests to check how well the kidneys are working.
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8. Kidney
   one of two organs that are part of the urinary tract; responsible for filtering the blood and removing waste products and excess water as urine
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9. Kidney
   Kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located at the back of the abdomen, which remove waste and extra fluid from the blood and pass them out of the body as urine.
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10. Kidney
    One of two organs to the right and left of the lumbar region which filter waste products from the blood which are then excreted as urine.
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11. Kidney
    Kidney: One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear "poisons" from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary tract. The urine then passes through connecting tubes called "ureters" into the bladder …
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12. kidney
    organs of animal origin Category: Medicine
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13. Kidney
    Kid"ney (kĭd"nȳ) noun ; plural Kidneys (-nĭz). [ Middle English kidnei , kidnere , from Icelandic koiðr belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus , Anglo-Saxon cwiþ womb) + Middle English nere kidney; akin to Dutch nier , German niere , Old High German nioro , Icelandic nȳra , Danish
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14. kidney
    <anatomy> Two glands situated in the upper posterior abdominal cavity, one on either side of the vertebral column. ... The kidneys are shaped like two large beans, and act as a filter. The kidney function is to filter the blood and control the level of some chemicals in the blood such as hydrogen, sodium, potassium, and phosphate and they elim …
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15. kidney
    noun either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; `urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder`
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16. Kidney
    The `kidneys` are organs that filter wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. The medical field that studies the kidneys and diseases of the kidney is called nephrology. The prefix `nephro-` meaning kidney is from the Ancient Greek word `nephros `; the adjective `renal` meaning related to the kidney is from Latin `rēnēs`, meaning kidneys. In humans, the kidneys are located in the posterior part of the...
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17. Kidney
    The `kidneys` are organs that filter wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. The medical field that studies the kidneys and diseases of the kidney is called nephrology. The prefix `nephro-` meaning kidney is from the Ancient Greek word `nephros `; the adjective `renal` meaning related to the kidney is from Latin `rēnēs`, meaning kidneys. In humans, the kidneys are located in the posterior part of the...
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18. kidney
    (kid´ne) either of the two bean-shaped organs in the lumbar region that filter the blood, excreting the end-products of body metabolism in the form of urine, and regulating the concentrations of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, phosphate, and other ions in the extracellular fluid. This small organ contains over a million mi...
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19. Kidney
    • (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland. • (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind. • (n.) A waiter.
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20. kidney
    in vertebrates and some invertebrates, organ that maintains water balance and expels metabolic wastes. Primitive and embryonic kidneys consist of ... [48 related articles]
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21. kidney
    One of the paired organs that excrete urine. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs (about 11 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 3 cm thick) lying on either side of the vertebral column, posterior to the peritoneum, about opposite the twelfth thoracic and first three lumbar vertebrae. Syn: ren, nephros [A.S. cwith, womb, belly, + neere, kidney (L. ren, G. nephro...
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22. kidney
    Right kidney, seen from behind Location of the kidneys Left kidney, seen from the front Left kidney, front view, with additional labels Nephron and associated structures Malpighian capsule and its uriniferous tubule Close-up of a Malpighian capsu...
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23. KIDNEY
    one of the two kidney-bean-shaped organs located on both sides of the spine, just above the waist. They rid the body of waste materials and maintain fluid balance through the production of urine
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