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reniform

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/Part of speech adjectiveSorted efimnorrStarts with REnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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