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KIDNEY-SHAPED [8 records]

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Record 1 2014-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
Universal entry(ies)
Mycorrhaphium adustum
Latin
OBS

A mushroom of the family Hydnaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Mycorrhaphium adustum
Latin
OBS

Champignon de la famille des Hydnaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A shallow basin of curved, kidney-shaped design, used to collect body fluids or as a container for various other liquids.

CONT

An emesis basin is a shallow basin with a kidney-shaped footprint and sloping walls (hence its alternate name, the kidney basin). [...] Contrary to its name, emesis basins are not usually used for vomiting, as the depth, size, and sloping walls all contribute to spilling or splashing the vomit rather than catching it. For this purpose, a plastic bag or wash basin is often preferred [...].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Said of a crystal structure in which radiating crystals terminate in rounded masses; also said of mineral deposits having a surface of rounded kidneylike shapes.

CONT

Hematite in reniform masses.

OBS

"Reniform", named from the kidney-like character of the masses, implies a larger-scale variety [than botryoidal]. "Mammilated" ... describes the same formation on an even larger scale.

Key term(s)
  • kidney-like

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Qui a la forme d'un rein.

CONT

Les minéraux peuvent être stalactiformes, en masses mamelonnées, réniformes, botryoidales (en grappes), dont la texture interne est souvent fibreuse, parfois fibroradiée [...]

PHR

Minerai en rognons.

PHR

Masse rognonneuse.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Cotton Industry
  • Textile Industries
  • Botany
DEF

... wider than long, rounded in general outline, and with a wide basal sinus.

CONT

The general geometric shape for mature fibers is elliptical to circular, generally kidney-shaped.

CONT

What particularly intrigued me were the stomates, pairs of kidney-shaped cells that open and close the pores through which carbon dioxide enters the leaf and water vapor from the leaf escapes into the atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Industries du textile
  • Botanique
DEF

Qui a la forme d'un rein.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The term reniform is used to describe a] kidney-shaped [foraminifer].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Parmi les] principaux modes de disposition des loges chez les [Foraminifères] Pluriloculins [...] [on trouve le mode] réniforme [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
CONT

kidney ore: A variety of hematite occurring in compact kidney-shaped masses, concretions, or nodules ...

CONT

Arsenic ... is brittle and commonly occurs in ... granular or kidney-shaped masses.

CONT

Hematite in reniform masses.

Key term(s)
  • kidneylike mass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
OBS

réniforme : Qui a la forme d'un rein.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glassware
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

Glass National Reference Collection, Parks Canada: Display cabinet labels.

OBS

The horizontal body shape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Objets en verre
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture (Various)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Office Furniture
OBS

[--a desk with a top surface shaped like a kidney]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier divers
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Mobilier de bureau
OBS

[--bureau dont la surface de travail n'est pas rectangulaire].

Spanish

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