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Lithontriptic :: Lithontriptic (a.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps..

Kidneys :: Kidneys (pl. ) of Kidne.

Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () The kidney vetch.

Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease..

Nephralgy :: Nephralgy (n.) Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.

Water Tube :: Water tube () One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst..

Reins :: Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins..

Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..

Antinephritic :: Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys..

Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

Pronephron :: Pronephron (n.) The head kidney. See under Head.

Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..

Scyllite :: Scyllite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate..

Addison's Disease :: Addison's disease () A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal..

Nephrology :: Nephrology (n.) A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions..

Atrabiliary :: Atrabiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys..

Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..

Kidneywort :: Kidneywort (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).

Perinephritis :: Perinephritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.

Oncometer :: Oncometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc..

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