aqualung
Aqua-Lung
scuba | a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water, scuba is an acronym for selfontained underwater breathing apparatus |
artificial kidney
hemodialyzer | a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
| iron lung | respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration |
| lung-power | the ability to speak loudly |
hilus
hilum | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ, the hilus of the kidney |
| kidney | either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine, urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder |
spleen
lien | a large darked oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm, produces cells involved in immune responses |
| arcuate artery of the kidney | curved arteries of the kidney |
arcuate vein of the kidney
vena arcuata renis | veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules |
| lung | either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates, serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood |
| lobe of the lung | any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung |
| book lung | organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book |
irascibility
short temper
spleen
quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
| kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
| steak and kidney pie | steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked |
| kidney pie | like steak and kidney pie but without steak |
kidney stone
urinary calculus
nephrolith
renal calculus | a calculus formed in the kidney |
| hilum | the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle |
coyote brush
coyote bush
chaparral broom
kidney wort
Baccharis pilularis | widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle |
beefsteak begonia
kidney begonia
Begonia erythrophylla
Begonia feastii | rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath |
kidney vetch
Anthyllis vulneraria | perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures, formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders |
kidney bean
frijol
frijole | the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) |
golden saxifrage
golden spleen | any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium |
kidney fern
Trichomanes reniforme | large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds |
adult respiratory distress syndrome
ARDS
wet lung
white lung | acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales, inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen, occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc. |
kidney disease
renal disorder
nephropathy
nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
polycystic kidney disease
PKD | kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts, often leads to kidney failure |
renal failure
kidney failure | inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance |
acute renal failure
acute kidney failure | renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract |
chronic renal failure
chronic kidney failure | renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders |
anthracosis
black lung
black lung disease
coal miner's lung | lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust |
Wilms' tumor
Wilms tumour
adenomyosarcoma
nephroblastoma
embryoma of the kidney | malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass |
| lung cancer | carcinoma of the lungs, one of the commonest forms of cancer |
farmer's lung
thresher's lung | alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay |
reniform
kidney-shaped | (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney |
| lung-like | performing functions similar to those performed by lungs |