reniculus

reniculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reniculus.

Noun

reniculus (plural reniculi)

  1. (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
    • 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology‎[1]:
      Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin rēn, rēnis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin rēniculus

    From rēn, rēnis + -culus.

    Noun

    rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension

    1. a little kidney[1]

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative rēniculus rēniculī
    genitive rēniculī rēniculōrum
    dative rēniculō rēniculīs
    accusative rēniculum rēniculōs
    ablative rēniculō rēniculīs
    vocative rēnicule rēniculī

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • → English: reniculus
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniclus

    References

    1. ^ http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2050925
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