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Definition of kidney noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

kidney

noun

NAmE//ˈkɪdni//

1[countable] either of the two organs in the body that remove waste products from the blood and produce urine a kidney infection

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2[uncountable, countable] the kidneys of some animals that are cooked and eaten

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