Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postrenal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: postre-nal
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated behind the kidneys.

adj

Occurring in the urinary tract downstream of the renal pelvis (i.e., ureters through urethra).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English postrenal From post- + renal.

Frequently Paired Words

adrenal extrarenal infrarenal intrarenal perirenal prerenal suprarenal

Questions

What does postrenal mean?: Situated behind the kidneys.
Where does postrenal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English postrenal From post- + renal.

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