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Descriptor English:

Kidney

Descriptor Spanish:

riñón

Descriptor Portuguese:

Rim

Synonyms English:

Kidneys

Tree Number:

Definition English:

Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.

Indexing Annotation English:

/blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /surg: consider NEPHRECTOMY; cyst = KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC or specifics; inflammation = NEPHRITIS; Goldblatt kidney = HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; nephrostomy: consider NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS

Consider also terms at English:

GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL

Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:

See Related English:

History Note English:

/transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

7840

Unique Identifier:

D007668

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