rens

Noun (1)

ren (plural renes)

1. A kidney.
   • Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys.1759, Malcolm Flemyng, “Lecture XIX. On the kidneys and urinary bladder. Gravel; calculus.”, in An Introduction to Physiology, Being a Courſe of Lectures Upon the moſt important Parts of the Animal...

Noun (2)

ren (plural rens)

1. (Egyptian) One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
   • For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

Noun (3)

ren (plural rens)

1. (neologism, slang) A non-binary parent.

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