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People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
Eric Davis

Meaning of "kidney" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KIDNEY

Of uncertain origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KIDNEY

kidney  [ˈkɪdnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KIDNEY

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kidney is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KIDNEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Kidney

The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that serve several essential regulatory roles in vertebrate animals. They remove excess organic molecules and it is by this action that their best-known function is performed: the removal of waste products of metabolism They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and regulation of blood pressure. They serve the body as a natural filter of the blood, and remove water soluble wastes, which are diverted to the urinary bladder. In producing urine, the kidneys excrete wastes such as urea and ammonium, and they are also responsible for the reabsorption of water, glucose, and amino acids. The kidneys also produce hormones including calcitriol, erythropoietin, and the enzyme renin, the latter of which indirectly acts on the kidney in negative feedback. Located at the rear of the abdominal cavity in the retroperitoneum, the kidneys receive blood from the paired renal arteries, and drain into the paired renal veins. Each kidney excretes urine into a ureter, itself a paired structure that empties into the urinary bladder.

Definition of kidney in the English dictionary

The first definition of kidney in the dictionary is either of two bean-shaped organs at the back of the abdominal cavity in man, one on each side of the spinal column. They maintain water and electrolyte balance and filter waste products from the blood, which are excreted as urine related adjectives nephritic renal. Other definition of kidney is the corresponding organ in other animals. Kidney is also the kidneys of certain animals used as food.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KIDNEY


Ariadne
ˌærɪˈædnɪ
Rodney
ˈrɒdnɪ
Sidney
ˈsɪdnɪ
Sydney
ˈsɪdnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KIDNEY

kidnap
kidnapee
kidnaper
kidnaping
kidnapped
kidnappee
kidnapper
kidnapping
kidney bean
kidney disease
kidney dish
kidney donor
kidney failure
kidney machine
kidney ore
kidney stone
kidney transplant
kidney vetch
kidney-like
kidney-shaped

WORDS THAT END LIKE KIDNEY

artificial kidney
attorney
barney
bread and honey
Cheney
chimney
Clooney
Disney
honey
journey
looney
McCartney
money
on the money
Orkney
paper money
Romney
Rooney
sweeney
Whitney

Synonyms and antonyms of kidney in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «kidney» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KIDNEY

Find out the translation of kidney to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kidney from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kidney» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

riñón
570 millions of speakers

English

kidney
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुर्दा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كُلْيَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃক্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rein
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buah pinggang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Niere
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腎臓
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ginjel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quả thận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறுநீரக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूत्रपिंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

böbrek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nerka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нирка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rinichi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεφρό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

njure
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nyre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kidney

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KIDNEY»

The term «kidney» is very widely used and occupies the 12.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KIDNEY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kidney» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kidney» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kidney

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10 QUOTES WITH «KIDNEY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kidney.
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Xavier Becerra
Twenty million more have Chronic kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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Xavier Becerra
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.
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Xavier Becerra
Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.
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Vince Cable
I'm now happily remarried to a good cook, which encourages me to be lazy. I like to think that I'm a new man, but perhaps I'm not. I offset it by doing the ironing, though. She has a small farm in the New Forest with a herd of cattle, so she serves up a steak and kidney pie made with her own beef.
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Grizz Chapman
You can put a kidney in your body - and somewhere down the line, your body might reject it.
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Francis Collins
The brain is the most complicated organ in the universe. We have learned a lot about other human organs. We know how the heart pumps and how the kidney does what it does. To a certain degree, we have read the letters of the human genome. But the brain has 100 billion neurons. Each one of those has about 10,000 connections.
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Eric Davis
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
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Sean Elliott
I'm a prime example of the way kidney disease strikes silently.
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Sean Elliott
I'd like people to know that you can head off kidney disease, maybe prevent a transplant or stop the disease from progressing after detection by doing a simple urine test in the doctor's office.
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Sean Elliott
I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KIDNEY»

Discover the use of kidney in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kidney and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kidney Disease: A Guide for Living
Walter A. Hunt knows what it means to live with kidney disease.
Walter A. Hunt, 2011
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Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to ...
A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life.
Mackenzie Walser, Betsy Thorpe, 2010
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100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension
The book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this condition.
Raymond R. Townsend, Debbie Cohen-Stein, 2009
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A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease
A complement to Guidelines for Nutrition Care of Renal Patients, 3e and Renal Care: Resources and Practical Applications Features practical and authoritative guidelines for all stages and treatments of renal disease Addresses the National ...
Laura Byham-Gray, Karen Wiesen, 2004
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No More Kidney Stones: The Experts Tell You All You Need to ...
Whether you are a chronic kidney stone sufferer or at risk of developing stones, this practical, comprehensive guide will help you take charge of your health and eliminate this painful disease from your life forever.
John S. Rodman, MD, R. Ernest Sosa, MD, Cynthia Seidman, MS, RD, 2010
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Biomarkers of Kidney Disease
The latest techniques for biomarker detection like metabolomics and proteomics is covered in the book. This comprehensive book details the latest advances made in the field of biomarker research and development in kidney diseases.
Charles L. Edelstein, 2010
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100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Cancer
Written with commentary from actual patients, this is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, physical, and emotional turmoil of this disease.
Steven C. Campbell, Brian I. Rini, Robert G. Uzzo, 2009
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Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation: A ...
Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation-a companion to Brenner and Rector’s The Kidney-covers all clinical management issues relevant to chronic kidney disease.
Jonathan Himmelfarb, Mohamed H. Sayegh, 2010
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Chronic Kidney Disease: National Clinical Guideline for ...
This guideline presents clear criteria for testing of chronic kidney disease, for suspecting progressive CKD and referring people for specialist assessment.
National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (Great Britain), 2008
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Chronic Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide to Understanding ...
This book provides primary care physicians and non-nephrology specialists with an introduction to and insights into chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a practical and focused approach to key topics in the field including epidemiology and ...
Meguid El Nahas, Adeera Levin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KIDNEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kidney is used in the context of the following news items.
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River Valley men need kidney transplants, funds - Arkansas Online
Kyle McKinney of Dover, who is on kidney-transplant lists, and his wife, Paige, stand with their children, Emmarie, 8, and Kyleigh, 6. «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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Switching salvation: Plan to give kidney fails, but reveals donor's …
Switching salvation: Plan to give kidney fails, but reveals donor's cancer ... recent interview talking about both Katy and Geo's kidney conditions. «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
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Northfielder remains optimistic while waiting for a kidney - Northfield …
Karissa Maas has been waiting for a new kidney since being put on the transplant list in March 2013. The Northfield native remains positive. «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»
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Kidney transplant saves life of 6-year-old - The Times of India
Doctors conducted a successful kidney transplant using the organ donated by a 58-year-old man from Karnal, Haryana, who had been ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Having only 1 functioning kidney is not a drawback - The Town Talk
Dear Dr. Roach: My husband had an MRI about 10 years ago before back surgery, and we were informed that he has only one functioning ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»
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Big difference in treatment for kidney patients in three schemes - The …
Dr Surasak Kantachuvesiri, a kidney expert at Mahidol University's Ramathibodi Hospital, has claimed that there was a rather high fatality rate ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
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Surgery Remains Top Tx for Small Kidney Tumors | Medpage Today
An analysis of U.S. trends and outcomes in the management of small kidney cancers now shows that surgery continues to be the most common ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
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Friends host fundraiser for Knott County boy who needs a kidney
Elmer and Melanie Portwood say their son Breven needs a kidney transplant. They received some good news when they discovered Elmer ... «WKYT, Jul 15»
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Football all-star sees kidney failure as 'setback' - Sports - Times …
Former Dover High School football standout has been diagnosed with a condition that affects the kidney's ability to filter blood. Often, the cause ... «Times Reporter, Jul 15»
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Odisha Crime-branch questions Kanhu, family over kidney sale …
Odisha Crime Branch has started its investigation into the high-profile kidney sales issue in Kandhamal. A team of crime-branch officers led by ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»

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