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RENAL CORTEX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("renal cortex" is a kind of...):
cortex (the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal)
Holonyms ("renal cortex" is a part of...):
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)
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