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kidney
English
Etymology
From Middle English kednei, kidenei, from earlier kidn?re, kiden?re (“kidney”), of obscure origin and formation. Probably a compound consisting of Middle English *kid, *quid (“belly, womb”), from Old English cwiþ, cwiþa (“belly, womb, stomach”) + Middle English n?re (“kidney”), from Old English *n?ora (“kidney”), from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”), from Proto-Indo-European *neg??r- (“kidney”). If so, then related to Scots nere, neir (“kidney”), Saterland Frisian Njuure (“kidney”), Dutch nier (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Danish nyre (“kidney”), Norwegian nyre (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Ancient Greek ?????? (nephrós).
Alternate etymology traces the first element to Old English c?od, codd (“sack, scrotum”), from Proto-Germanic *keud? (“sack”) as the terms for testicle and kidney were often interchangeable in Germanic (compare Old High German nioro (“kidney", also "testicle”), Old Swedish vig-niauri (“testicle”). More at codpiece.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?dni/
Noun
kidney (plural kidneys)
- An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
- This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
- (figuratively, dated) Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
- 30th June, 1788, Robert Burns, letter to Mr Robert Ainslie
- Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.
- 30th June, 1788, Robert Burns, letter to Mr Robert Ainslie
- (obsolete, slang) A waiter.
Synonyms
- rein
- nephros
- ren
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- renal
- suprarenal
Anagrams
- dinkey
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nephrology
English
Etymology
nephro- +? -logy
Noun
nephrology (uncountable)
- (nephrology) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
Related terms
- nephrologist
Translations
Further reading
- nephrology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- phrenology
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