reniculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

Noun

reniculus (plural reniculi)

  1. (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
    • 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology‎:
      Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.


Latin

Etymology

rēn, rēnis +‎ -culus.

Noun

reniculus m

  1. a little kidney[1]

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