kidney
肾脏,肾,腰子,腰部
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plural kid·neys.
- : Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
- : Zoology. a corresponding organ in other vertebrate animals or an organ of like function in invertebrates.
- : the meat of an animal's kidney used as food.
- : constitution or temperament: He was a quiet child, of a different kidney from his boisterous brothers.
- : kind, sort, or class: He is only at ease with men of his own kidney.
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Glaser came to Katz’s story by way of her long-lost son, an adult in need of a new kidney by the time the author met him.
Recently acquired wing Caris LeVert had successful surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his left kidney, the Indiana Pacers announced Tuesday.
This goes back to the idea of whether financial incentives might skew someone’s judgment toward selling their kidneys or eggs.
One of the organs most sorely needed is the kidney, and it’s also one of the hardest to re-create.
A third-grade teacher in Minnesota donated a kidney to her school’s custodianThe $32,000 the inmates raised includes $8,000 kicked in by Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs, a nonprofit group that Gray and his father started in 2008.
The one with the fever and the rash and the kidney failure that eventually killed her?
His conservatism, which is more of a cultural than political kidney, seems to fascinate, delight or detract critics.
In 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.
Seeing one is especially important if you have diabetes, kidney disease or heart disease, says Dubost.
Their app, Colorimetrix, is accurate enough to monitor conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections.
They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.