different between renal vs reniform

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin renalis (“related to the kidneys”), from Latin renes (“kidneys”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?n?l/
• Rhymes: -i?n?l

Adjective

renal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the kidneys.

Synonyms

• nephric
• nephritic

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• renal at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Laren, Larne, Learn, laner, learn, neral

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin renalis, from Latin ren.

Adjective

renal (masculine and feminine plural renals)

1. renal

Related terms

• ronyó

Further reading

• “renal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin renalis, from Latin ren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?na?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

renal (not comparable)

1. renal

Declension

Derived terms

• perirenal

Further reading

• “renal” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

renal (not comparable)

1. renal

Romanian

Etymology

From French rénal, from Latin renalis.

Adjective

renal m or n (feminine singular renal?, masculine plural renali, feminine and neuter plural renale)

1. renal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin renalis, from Latin ren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?nal/, [re?nal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

renal (plural renales)

1. renal

Derived terms

Related terms

• rene
• riñón

Further reading

• “renal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin r?n (“kidney”) + -form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?n?f??(?)m/

Adjective

reniform (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a kidney; having a circular or roughly circular shape with a notch.
   1. (medicine) That has the shape or profile of a kidney.

   2. (botany, of various anatomical structures) Shaped like a kidney: in leaves, having the petiole attached at the notch; in seeds or spores, shaped generally like a kidney bean.
   3. (zoology, of various anatomical structures) Shaped more or less like a human kidney in any of various ways, such as outline or contour, for example in the pupils of some species' eyes, the compound eyes of some insects, or the shapes of some bones or nodules.

Synonyms

• kidney-shaped

Derived terms

• obreniform

Related terms

• renal

Translations

References

Anagrams

• informer, reinform

Romanian

Etymology

From French réniforme

Adjective

reniform m or n (feminine singular reniform?, masculine plural reniformi, feminine and neuter plural reniforme)

1. reniform

Declension