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Cortical :: Cortical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney..

Stroma :: Stroma (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney..

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..

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

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

Kidney :: Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind.

Uroglaucin :: Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican..

Stone :: Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus..

Uriniparous :: Uriniparous (a.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney..

Eliminate :: Eliminate (v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system..

Emulgent :: Emulgent (a.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins..

Glomerulus :: Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

Hepatorenal :: Hepatorenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament..

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..

Urine :: Urine (n.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion..

Phasel :: Phasel (n.) The French bean, or kidney bean..

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..

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

Bright''s Disease :: Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process..

Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.

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