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renal cortices

renal cortices is the plural of renal cortex.

Meaning of renal cortex

Noun

renal cortex (plural renal cortexes or renal cortices)

  1. The outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules.

Questions about renal cortices

What is renal cortices the plural of?
Renal cortices is the plural of renal cortex.

Words near renal cortices in the dictionary

  1. renal clearances
  2. renal corpuscle
  3. renal corpuscles
  4. renal cortex
  5. renal cortexes
  6. renal cortices
  7. renal crises
  8. renal crisis
  9. renal cylinder
  10. renal cylinders
  11. renal disorder

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