Meaning & use
Kidneys
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The pair of bean-shaped organs in the lower back that filter waste from the blood and produce urine.
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Doctors monitor kidney function through regular blood and urine tests.
The recipe called for lamb kidneys sautéed with onions.
A note on using this word
Plural of 'kidney'; besides its anatomical sense, the word is also used for the organ as a cut of meat in cooking.
Another way to use it
2. noun
The organ meat from an animal, used as food.
Steak and kidney pie is a traditional British dish.
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