reniculus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin reniculus.
Noun
[edit]reniculus (plural reniculi)
- (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
- 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology[1]:
- Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]rēn, rēnis + -culus.
Noun
[edit]rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rēniculus | rēniculī |
Genitive | rēniculī | rēniculōrum |
Dative | rēniculō | rēniculīs |
Accusative | rēniculum | rēniculōs |
Ablative | rēniculō | rēniculīs |
Vocative | rēnicule | rēniculī |
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