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What is a kidney?

What is a kidney? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
  2. This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
  3. (figuratively, dated) Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
  4. (obsolete, slang) A waiter.
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The most severely afflicted children may be severely deaf, suffer heart problems and kidney abnormalities.
By the time he was 24, Daniel was having dialysis four times a day to survive when his only kidney packed up.
Four years later he suffered more attacks and needed a quadruple heart bypass that left him with kidney failure.
Long-term use may result in side effects such as acidity, gastritis and even kidney failure.
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial has shown encouraging results for the use of stereotactic radiosurgery to treat kidney cancer.
By the final days, kidney function declines, toxins begin accumulating in the body, and multiple organ systems fail from lack of nutrition.

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