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Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n.

another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney. -- Urinary pigments, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colore…

In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.

Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.

A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.

joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. -- Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating kidney, movable kidney. -- Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver, simi…

enings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.

n." Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. -- Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.

one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys.