Meaning of reniform | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
   not-comparable
2. Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.
   not-comparable

Examples

“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; […]”

“The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.”

“Nothing could be more simple than the furniture. The chairs were either posts mounted on four legs spread out for a base, or three-legged stools with reniform seats.”

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