kidney
n.
one of a pair of organs that filters metabolic wastes from the blood; temperament; kind, sort, class
Kidney
Kidney
Kidney /kid·ney/ either of the two organs in the lumbar region that filter the blood, excreting the end-products of body metabolism in the form of [
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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
Kidney
(n.)
Habit; disposition; sort; kind.
(n.)
A waiter.
(n.)
A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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