Definitions

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  • Situated about the kidney; perinephric.

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  • adjective anatomy Around the kidney

Etymologies

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peri- +‎ renal

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Examples

  • On December 11, 1980, a computerised scan followed by a microscopic observation revealed a liomiosarcoma of the right kidney, with five metastatic lymphatic ganglia infiltration combined with moderately differentiated liomiosarcoma infiltration in the perirenal fat.

    Chapter 9 1991

  • In a recent study, (Kobayashi Y et al, 2001) when evodiamine was supplemented at 0.02% in the form of ethanol extract of Evodia fruits in a high-fat diet for 21 days, the body weight, perirenal fat weight and epididymal fat weight were found to be significantly reduced compared to the control group.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010

  • In a recent study, (Kobayashi Y et al, 2001) when evodiamine was supplemented at 0. 02% in the form of ethanol extract of Evodia fruits in a high-fat diet for 21 days, the body weight, perirenal fat weight and epididymal fat weight were found to be significantly reduced compared to the control group.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • In a recent study, (Kobayashi Y et al, 2001) when evodiamine was supplemented at 0. 02% in the form of ethanol extract of Evodia fruits in a high-fat diet for 21 days, the body weight, perirenal fat weight and epididymal fat weight were found to be significantly reduced compared to the control group.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Results proved that Dom but not Sub showed a marked decrease in the weight of perigonadal and perirenal fat pads while only a trend emerged for a lower retroperitoneal fat pad (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alessandro Bartolomucci et al. 2009

  • The weight of adipose tissue fat pads was generally reduced in Ind mice when compared to Con, though this effect was significant only for the perigonadal pad, while a trend emerged for the perirenal pad and no overall reduction of visceral fat pad was observed (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alessandro Bartolomucci et al. 2009

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