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kidney

Definition

  • noun: either of two organs in your body that remove waste products from your blood and make urine
  • noun: one of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism, in humans are bean-shaped organs about 4
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: abatis, abdomen, animus

Examples

  • a patient with a damaged 'kidney'

  • steak and 'kidney' pie

  • a 'kidney' transplant

Movie quotes

  • (..) No. That's because there is no cartilage in your knee, and not much of any use in your elbows or your shoulders. Between that and the scar tissue on your kidneys, the residual concussive damage to your brain tissue and the general scarred-over quality of your body, I cannot recommend (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises