Definition of Prerenal

1. Adjective. Situated above the kidneys, or at the junction of the vena cava and the renal vein ¹

2. Adjective. Occurring in the blood supply to the kidneys ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prerenal

1. situated in front of the kidney [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prerenal

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prerenal (current term)
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Literary usage of Prerenal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"... comprising the two layers, prerenal and ... Int colon- - prerenal fascia ... parietale - prerenal fascia _ ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... while that in front, ie, the prerenal part, forms a connection with the ductus venosus Bight innominate Superior vena cava L<ft innominate ..."

3. Practical Cystoscopy and the Diagnosis of Surgical Diseases of the Kidneys by Paul Monroe Pilcher (1915)
"There are three distinct factors which must be considered, which may roughly be designated as prerenal, renal, and postrenal. The prerenal factor comprises ..."

4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"Diagram showing development of main cross branches between jugulars and between cardinals. that in front, ie, the prerenal part, forms a connection with the ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"By fixation is meant the blending or fusion of the posterior layer of the visceral peritoneum of the colon and the primitive meso- colon with the prerenal ..."

6. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"According to the latter, the " prerenal and ... The anterior or prerenal layer passes in front of the perirenal fat between it and the peritoneum, ..."

7. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1912)
"Anuria may be due to obstructive, reflex, renal, and prerenal causes. We may have an occlusion of the urinary passages on one side and a reflex closure on ..."

8. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"In doing this the prerenal fascia should be preserved. ... The anterior flap should be stitched with catgut to the prerenal fascia and to the anterior ..."

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