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RENIFORM

\ɹɪnˈɪfɔːm], \ɹɪnˈɪfɔːm], \ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈɪ_f_ɔː_m]\

Definitions of RENIFORM

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Resembling shape of the kidney.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Having the form or shape of the kidneys.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Kidney-shaped; in geol., applied to concretions of ironstone, limestone, &c., which have a flattish, oblong, or kidney-shaped form; in bot., resembling the longitudinal section through a kidney.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Shaped like a kidney.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Kidney-shaped.
Having the outline of the longitudinal section of a kidney. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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