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Definition of renal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

renal

adjective

/ˈriːnl/

/ˈriːnl/

[usually before noun] (medical)

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relating to or involving the kidneys
- renal failure
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Renal is used with these nouns:
colic
failure
vein
…
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French rénal, from late Latin renalis, from Latin renes ‘kidneys’.

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