: of, relating to, involving, or located in the region of the kidneys: nephric
renal disease
renal failure
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Lower Risk of Kidney Stones Kidney stones (renal calculi or nephrolithiasis) are hard deposits made of minerals that build up in your urinary tract and form in your kidneys.—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 26 Dec. 2025 There are over 400 hospitals across 39 states participating in this program, which mostly helps elderly patients and those with respiratory, circulatory, renal and infectious diseases.—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 About preventing end stage renal disease.—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025 The Tianjin University researchers tested their device on human renal cancer tissue samples.—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for renal
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French or Late Latin; French rénal, from Late Latin renalis, from Latin renes kidneys
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