reniform

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Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 8

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/

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/ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/ · /ˈɹiː-/ · /ˈɹɛnəˌfɔɹm/ · /-nɪ-/

Definition of reniform

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).

“intussusception with a reniform appearance”
“multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses”
“The Bean […] is oval, and not at all reniform'd like the Kidney-Beans.”
“[T]he antheræ are reniform: the germen is oval, and obtuſely trigonal; […]”
“In one of the ſegments of the lovver portion of the kidney, there vvas a large reniform Papillæ, in the outer circumference of vvhich a ſmall part of the papillary fleſh vvas vvanting. […] In the oppoſite ſegment, there vvas a fourth reniform Papilla, reſembling the firſt; […]”

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adj

(not-comparable)Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).

“intussusception with a reniform appearance”
“multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses”
“The Bean […] is oval, and not at all reniform'd like the Kidney-Beans.”
“[T]he antheræ are reniform: the germen is oval, and obtuſely trigonal; […]”
“In one of the ſegments of the lovver portion of the kidney, there vvas a large reniform Papillæ, in the outer circumference of vvhich a ſmall part of the papillary fleſh vvas vvanting. […] In the oppoſite ſegment, there vvas a fourth reniform Papilla, reſembling the firſt; […]”
(not-comparable)Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).