Meaning of kidney in English

kidney

noun

/ˈkɪd.ni/ us

/ˈkɪd.ni/

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C2 [ C ]

either of a pair of small organs in the body that take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine:

kidney failure

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these organs from an animal, used as food:

steak and kidney pie

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She suffered kidney failure and needed a blood transfusion.
kidney transplant
The kidney plays a vital role in the removal of waste products from the blood.
kidney dialysis
She fried some kidneys in butter.

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kidney

noun [ C ]

/ˈkɪd·ni/

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biology

either of a pair of small organs in the body that remove waste matter from the blood and produce urine

Kidney also means either of these organs from an animal used as food.

(Definition of kidney from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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A total of 21 tissue samples (eight normal kidneys and 13 tumors) were obtained from 13 patients.

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Moreover, hearts, livers, and kidneys perform the same functions in all humans.

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First, acting in a theater and donating kidneys are very different.

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If you retrieve enough kidneys and lobes of liver, and perhaps even peripheral blood or bone marrow stem cells, a healthy donor will die.

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Regrettably, cyclosporine concentrations that are only minimally effective produce nephrotoxic effects, especially in kidneys that have pre-existing damage.

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However, fewer than half the kidneys had significant pathology when investigated postnatally.

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If the neonate is not treated urgently with prostaglandins, irreparable damage can occur to the kidneys and liver.

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Also, the unrelated donors we interviewed were generally quite open about acknowledging that they had received money for donating their kidneys.

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The organs examined were the intestine, diaphragm, intercostal muscles, lungs, heart, brain, liver, spleen and kidneys.

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Tested organs include lung or air sac, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys and intestine.

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Lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart were collected.

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At ultrasound examination, an increased echogenicity of the fetal kidneys is sometimes seen.

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Early on at 2.5 weeks of postnatal age, the mice were noted to have endotheliosis and hyaline deposits in their kidneys.

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The fetal kidneys and adrenals can be seen ultrasonographically from 9 weeks and are seen in all cases transabdominally from 12 weeks.

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Dissemination may occur to multiple organs including the skin, oesophagus, liver, lungs, adrenal glands, pancreas, bowel, kidneys, bone marrow and joints.

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腎，腎臟, （可食用的動物）腰子…

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