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kidney

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Food, dish, Human
kid·ney /ˈkɪdni/ ●●○ noun  1 body.jpg [countable]HB one of the two organs in your lower back that separate waste products from your blood and make urine 肾,肾脏 a kidney transplant 肾脏移植4  See picture of 见图 HUMAN 15 see picture at 见图 human12 [countable, uncountable]DFF one or more of these organs from an animal, used as food 腰子〔指供食用的动物肾脏〕 steak and kidney pie 牛肉腰子馅饼
Examples from the Corpus
kidneyThey are waiting for a kidney donor and time is running out fast.A kidney, thought to be perfectly healthy was transplanted into a patient on chronic dialysis.For similar reasons the presence of severe lung disease and chronic kidney disease is a contraindication to disulfiram administration.Pollution-related illnesses included kidney disease, anaemia and defects in the endocrine system.Transplant surgeons hope the technique will help to increase live kidney donations and to cut waiting lists.I wondered if there might be a pickled heart tucked in among all the livers, kidneys, and spleens.The excretion of mercury by the kidney generally forms the basis for measurement of exposure.She has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, kidney problems and malnutrition, health workers say.
Origin kidney (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old English cwith abdomen, womb + æg egg
kid·ney nounChineseSyllable
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kidney
kidney /ˈkɪdni/ noun
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Perhaps from Old English cwith 'abdomen, womb' + æg 'egg'

1. [countable] one of the two organs in your lower back that separate waste products from your blood and make urine:
    a kidney transplant
2. [uncountable and countable] one or more of these organs from an animal, used as food:
    steak and kidney pie


kid·neyBrE /ˈkɪdni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɪdni/ 🔊 noun
[countable] either of the two organs in the body that remove waste products from the blood and produce urine 肾;肾脏a kidney infection肾感染
[uncountable, countable] the kidneys of some animals that are cooked and eaten (食用的)动物腰子steak and kidney pie牛肉腰花馅饼