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Reniform

//ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”). not-comparable

    "intussusception with a reniform appearance"

  2. 2
    Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).; Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).

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