kidney
n.
one of a pair of organs that filters metabolic wastes from the blood; temperament; kind, sort, class
Kidney
Kidneys
kidney
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) excretory organ, urinary organ
(part-holonym) urinary tract
(part-meronym) nephron, uriniferous tubule
Kidneys
(pl. )
of Kidney
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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