Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

renal pelvis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: re-nal pelvis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The funnellike dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.

Example Sentences

"Holonym: urinary tract"

Inflected Forms

renal pelvises (plural) renal pelves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pelviureteric ureteropelvic

Synonyms

pelvis

Questions

What does renal pelvis mean?: The funnellike dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.

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