RENAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renal mean? 

• RENAL (adjective)
  The adjective RENAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the kidneys

  Familiarity information: RENAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the kidneys

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nephritic; renal

Pertainym:

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)

 Context examples 

A potent, long acting diuretic useful in chronic renal disease.

(Metolazone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Its clearance corresponds to the renal plasma blood flow.

(Aminohippurate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

An agarose matrix containing mouse renal adenocarcinoma (RENCA) cells, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Mouse Renal Adenocarcinoma Cell-Encapsulated Agarose-Agarose Macrobeads, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare type of renal cell carcinoma.

(Multilocular Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The metaplastic changes in the epithelium resemble renal tubular structures.

(Nephrogenic Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Deposition of calcium in the renal parenchyma, resulting from high levels of calcium in the blood and/or urine.

(Nephrocalcinosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in vasoconstriction, heart rate and renal absorption of water and sodium.

(Angiotensin-2, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include congestive heart failure, liver failure, renal failure, and severe malnutrition.

(Anasarca, NCI Thesaurus)

With a partial nephrectomy, the removed tissue contains the tumor and a rim of normal renal parenchyma only.

(Nephrectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Kidney transplantation, on the other hand, is necessary when these patients reach terminal stages of renal failure, an expected chronic complication of MMA.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)