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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