kidneys
SayKID-neez/ˈkɪdniz/
- 1Plural of kidney.
Healthy kidneys filter waste products out of the blood.
Damage to both kidneys can lead to dialysis or a transplant.
Note
A plural that keeps its y: because a vowel comes right before it, the word simply adds -s, so the spelling is kidneys, never kidnies. Monkeys and valleys follow the same pattern. The plural covers both the organs in the body and the organs cooked as food, so a biology textbook and a butcher's counter use exactly the same form.
kidneys is a form of kidney
kidney, noun: An organ that filters the blood to remove waste and produce urine. Full entry
- Forms
- kidneykidneys plural
- Spelling
- kidney → kidneys: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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