Dictionary

rep 1 Slang for a pharmaceutical company representative. 2 Roentgen equivalent physical, a unit of absorbed radiation approximately equivalent to one roentgen.

Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome See hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

renal vein thrombosis A blood clot in the major vein that drains blood from the kidney.

renal tubule A small structure in the kidney that filters blood and produces urine.

renal transplant See kidney transplant.

renal stone See kidney stones.

renal pelvis The area at the center of the kidney. Urine collects in the renal pelvis and is funneled into the ureter.

renal osteodystrophy See osteodystrophy, renal.

renal cell carcinoma See cancer, renal cell.

renal capsule The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney.

renal cancer See cancer, kidney.

renal calculus See kidney stones.