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rinichi
kidney /riˈniki/
noun#3820 most common
Example sentences
Am doi rinichi.
I have two kidneys.
Rinichii curăță sângele.
The kidneys clean the blood.
Bunicul meu are o boală de rinichi.
My grandfather has a kidney disease.
Medicul i-a găsit o piatră la rinichi.
The doctor found a kidney stone in him.
Transplantul de rinichi poate salva viața unui pacient cu insuficiență renală.
A kidney transplant can save the life of a patient with renal failure.
Funcția rinichilor de a filtra toxinele din organism este esențială pentru echilibrul electrolitic.
The kidneys' function of filtering toxins from the body is essential for electrolyte balance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rinichi | rinichi |
| Genitive | rinichiului | rinichilor |
| Accusative | rinichi | rinichi |
| Vocative | rinichiule | rinichilor |
Word family
rinichikidney
renalrenal, relating to the kidneys
insuficiență renalăkidney failure
piatră la rinichikidney stone
Etymology
Rinichi descends from the Latin renunculus, a diminutive of ren, meaning kidney. The pattern is common in Romanian, which often kept Latin diminutive forms for body parts rather than the plain root word. Over centuries renunculus wore down through renicul to the modern rinichi.
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