"ren" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɛn/ Forms: renes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|rēn}} Learned borrowing from Latin rēn, {{doublet|en|rein|id1=kidney|t1=kidney}} Doublet of rein (“kidney”) Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} ren (plural renes)
  1. (anatomy) A kidney. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Nephrology Related terms: renal
    Sense id: en-ren-en-noun-PM4Hrovg Disambiguation of Nephrology: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɹɛn/ Forms: rens [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2 Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|egy|rn}} Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn Head templates: {{en-noun}} ren (plural rens)
  1. (Egyptian mythology) One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology. Tags: Egyptian Categories (topical): Egyptian mythology, Ancient Egypt, Onomastics
    Sense id: en-ren-en-noun-RO7kRAdW Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 26 74 Disambiguation of Onomastics: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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