: of, relating to, involving, or located in the region of the kidneys: nephric
renal disease
renal failure
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome affects the kidneys and causes a wide range of symptoms, including blurred vision, low blood pressure, acute shock, internal bleeding and kidney failure.—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Experts suspect that the toxins of lilies are quickly absorbed into the cat’s bloodstream and damage the epithelial cells of the renal tubules, which are the long, narrow tubes of nephrons, the structural and functional units of kidneys.—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026 More specifically, the CDC estimates symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) appear between 1 and 8 weeks after exposure, and symptoms of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) appear within 1 to 2 weeks; however, symptoms can rarely take up to 8 weeks.—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 May 2026 Hantavirus vaccine development began in the late 1980s with Hantavax, an inactivated vaccine designed for strains circulating in South Korea and China that cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, a study in the journal Vaccines suggests.—Dr. Jennifer Miao, ABC News, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for renal
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Etymology
French or Late Latin; French rénal, from Late Latin renalis, from Latin renes kidneys