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| 1. | Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands. |
| 2. | Zoology. a corresponding organ in other vertebrate animals or an organ of like function in invertebrates. |
| 3. | the meat of an animal's kidney used as food. |
| 4. | constitution or temperament: He was a quiet child, of a different kidney from his boisterous brothers. |
| 5. | kind, sort, or class: He is only at ease with men of his own kidney. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME kidenei, kidenere (sing.), kideneres, kideneren (pl.); orig. uncert.; perh. a compound based either on nere (sing.), neres (pl.) kidney (OE *néore; cf. OHG nioro, ON nȳra); or ei (sing.), eiren (pl.) egg1, OE ǣg (sing.), ǣgru (pl.) (by assoc. with the organ's shape); for the first element cf. dial. kid pod (akin to cod2)
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kid·ney·like, adjective
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artificial kidney: see kidney, artificial.
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