Ren
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɛn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ren is a noun meaning (anatomy) A kidney.
Meaning
(anatomy) A kidney.
More Meanings
- (Egyptian mythology) One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
Example Sentences
Renal. Belonging to the ren or kidney.
It would probably have been considered an important omission if I had not mentioned Water as a substance excreted freely by the renes or kidneys.
For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.
Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys.
Word Forms
- renes
- rens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wick, yam, term, shan, clean, pure.
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