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Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.

An inflammation of the kidneys.

A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

nstrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

The calyx of a crinoid. Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.

Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. -- Per`i*ne*phrit"ic, a.

The French bean, or kidney bean.

A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

The head kidney. See under Head.

Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.

The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. Renal calculus (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney. -- Renal capsules or glands, the suprarenal capsules. See under Capsule. -- Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.

fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.

The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.

The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.