Definitions for kidney

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kidney kid·ney

Spelling: [kid-nee]

IPA: /ˈkɪd ni/

Kidney is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in kidney (deikny).

Definitions for kidney

noun

1. Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
2. Zoology. a corresponding organ in other vertebrate animals or an organ of like function in invertebrates.
3. the meat of an animal's kidney used as food.
4. constitution or temperament:
5. kind, sort, or class:

Origin of kidney

1275-1325; Middle English kidenei, kidenere (singular), kideneres, kideneren (plural); origin uncertain; perhaps a compound based either on nere (singular), neres (plural) kidney (Old English

Examples for kidney

How comes it that one of his kidney should lend help to the Prelatist cause?'

I satisfied my friend, however, that the case was not one of that kidney.

Cover the pan closely, and let it stew till the kidney is tender.

Put them into the pie-dish alternately with pieces of kidney.

The one with the fever and the rash and the kidney failure that eventually killed her?

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Steve Grossman passed a kidney stone during a debate Tuesday.

Seeing one is especially important if you have diabetes, kidney disease or heart disease, says Dubost.

Cover the fat of the kidney and the back with paper to prevent it from scorching.

In 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.

Their app, Colorimetrix, is accurate enough to monitor conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections.