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BEAN-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bean-shaped mean?
• BEAN-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective BEAN-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. having a shape resembling a bean
Familiarity information: BEAN-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a shape resembling a bean
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Context examples
A bean-shaped organ surrounded by a connective tissue capsule.
(Lymph node, NCI Thesaurus)
A bean-shaped retroperitoneal organ situated below the diaphragm and posterior to the spleen.
(Left Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)
One of the two bean-shaped organs located on each side of the spine in the retroperitoneum.
(Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)
Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fists.
(Kidney Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Any component of the bean-shaped organ that is part of the lymphatic system found throughout the body which is composed predominantly of lymphocytes and is involved in immune protection.
(Lymph Node Part, NCI Thesaurus)
Any component of one of the two bean-shaped organs located on each side of the spine in the retroperitoneum, which filters and secrets the metabolic products and minerals from the blood, thus maintaining the homeostasis.
(Kidney Part, NCI Thesaurus)
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