reniform

a. 肾脏形的 [医] 肾形的[叶]

发音

UK /ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/
其它
UK /ˈɹiː-/
US /ˈɹɛnəˌfɔɹm/
US /ˈɹiː-/
US /-nɪ-/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).

    生物 化学 地质

    intussusception with a reniform appearance

    multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses

  2. 2.

    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.

    生物 植物学 化学 地质

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

kidney-shaped

近义相关 2

simple unsubdivided

词源

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”).

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