reniform en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹiː-/ (General-American)
- /ˈɹɛnəˌfɔɹm/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹiː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-nɪ-/ (General-American)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses
The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.
1799, William Babington, “[Class III. Metals. Order II. Fragile. Genus IV. Cobalt.] Species II. Native Oxyde of Cobalt.”, in A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of a Catalogue, after the Manner of Baron Born’s Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Élénore de Raab, London: […] T[homas] Bensley, […]; and sold by W. Phillips, […]; G. G. and J. Robinsons, […]; and T[homas] Cox, […], →OCLC, page 232:The Bean […] is oval, and not at all reniform'd like the Kidney-Beans.
[1745, James Parsons, “Tab. V. Fig. 12. a. Cow-itch, Coughage, or Stinging-Beans.”, in The Microscopical Theatre of Seeds: […], volume I, London: […] F. Needham, […]; and sold by M. Cooper, […], →OCLC, page 201:intussusception with a reniform appearance
Nothing could be more simple than the furniture. The chairs were either posts mounted on four legs spread out for a base, or three-legged stools with reniform seats.
1861, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “To Ruby Valley”, in The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to California, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, →OCLC, page 570:[T]he antheræ are reniform: the germen is oval, and obtuſely trigonal; […]
1751, John Hill, “Class the Sixth. Order the First. Division the First. Hexandria Monogynia, Having Corollæ Divided into Three Segments, and Cups to Them. [TRADESCANTIA.]”, in A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals of the Different Parts of the World; […], volume II (A History of Plants), London: […] Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, part III (Plants Called the More Perfect Ones), page 364:In one of the ſegments of the lovver portion of the kidney, there vvas a large reniform Papillæ, in the outer circumference of vvhich a ſmall part of the papillary fleſh vvas vvanting. […] In the oppoſite ſegment, there vvas a fourth reniform Papilla, reſembling the firſt; […]
1756, Albert Haller [i.e., Albrecht von Haller], “Observation LIX. A Coalition of the Kidnies.”, in Pathological Observations, Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies, London: […] D. Wilson and T. Durnam, […], →OCLC, page 178:
- (not-comparable) Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”). ▸ Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.
Coordinates
Deriveds
obreniform · semireniform · reniformly · subreniform
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Translations (11)
la rēnifōrmis (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · fr réniforme (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · it reniforme (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · pl nerkowaty (of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch) · ro reniform (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · fi munuaismainen (of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch) · de nierig (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · es reniforme (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · es arriñonado (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · tr böbreksi (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped) · ca reniforme (synonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped)