kidney
kidney Lexical Profile
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• noun
Either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity of vertebrates that filter waste products from the blood and excrete them as urine.
"Drinking plenty of water throughout the day helps support healthy kidney function."
The kidney of a sheep, ox, or pig cooked and eaten as food or offal.
"The traditional pub menu featured a hearty steak and kidney pie served with mashed potatoes."
A distinctive nature, temperament, or class of person or thing (dated or literary).
"The novelist surrounded himself with bohemian writers and artists of the same kidney."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English kidenei, of uncertain origin; possibly a compound of an unrecorded Old English word related to cwith ('womb, belly') and ey ('egg'), referencing the organ's shape and location.