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kidney
noun(kid-ney)
one of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism, in humans are bean-shaped organs about 41/2 inches (111/2 centimeters) long lying behind the peritoneum in a mass of fatty tissue, and consist chiefly of nephrons by which urine is secreted, collected, and discharged into a main cavity whence it is conveyed by the ureter to the bladder
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
any of various excretory organs of invertebrate animals
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
the kidney of an animal eaten as food
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
an edible and nutritious usually kidney-shaped seed of any of various cultivated beans of the common species (Phaseolus vulgaris); especially : a large dark red kidney bean
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
a plant bearing kidney beans
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
a calculus (as of calcium salts) in the kidney
kidney
noun(kid-ney)
either of two hereditary diseases characterized by gradually enlarging bilateral cysts of the kidney which lead to reduced renal functioning or renal failure

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