Akademik

Renal
Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean both the kidneys and the lower back.
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SYN: nephric.

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re·nal 'rēn-əl adj relating to, involving, affecting, or located in the region of the kidneys: nephric <\renal function>

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adj.
relating to or affecting the kidneys.

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re·nal (reґnəl) [L. renalis] pertaining to the kidney; called also nephric.

Medical dictionary. 2011.