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KIDN-ee/ˈkɪdni/

A kidney is one of the two organs that clean the blood: kidney disease; a kidney transplant; kidney failure. Kidney beans are food — same spelling, different sense. Renal is the medical adjective. Do not confuse kidney with kiddy (informal child). News: dialysis, donor, waiting list.

Meaning

One of the two organs in the body that clean the blood; also a type of bean.

Examples

• “The hospital has a long waiting list for kidney transplants.”
• “The clinic monitors patients with chronic kidney disease.”
• “Kidney beans are not related to the organ except by shape, which is the food sense.”

Good to know

kidney disease / transplant / failure. Medical adjective: renal. Food: kidney beans. Mix-up: kiddy (child).

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