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renal

/ˈɹi.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
ren-al
IPA
/ˈɹi.nəl/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the kidneys.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɹi.nəl/
  • British English: /ˈɹiː.nəl/

Derived Forms

adrenal aorticorenal aortorenal branchiootorenal cardiorenal cerebrorenal circumrenal duodenorenal enterorenal extrarenal gastrorenal hepatorenal

Phrases

acute renal failure pulmonary-renal syndrome renal angle renal artery renal calculus renal cancer renal capsule renal cast

Synonyms

nephric nephritic

Rhymes With

penal adrenal venal duodenal espinal penile phenyl

Questions

How do you pronounce renal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹi.nəl/.
What does renal mean?
Pertaining to the kidneys.
Where does renal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce renal

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