intrarenal

8.2

Happening inside the kidney

adjective
/ˌɪntrəˈriːnəl/

Specialized

: intra-renal

Doctors often look at intrarenal structures to understand conditions like diabetic nephropathy.
intrarenal vasoconstriction

Examples

Other substances precipitated by renal ischemia and injuries are released, causing further insult. These substances may include angiotensin II, catecholamines, intrarenal thromboxane, and vasopressin.

Academic text (2005)
In addition, our analysis points to other, previously unidentified pathways that act in concert with intrarenal renin-angiotensin system activation and may serve as markers and/or potential targets for therapeutic intervention of cardiorenal syndrome.

Academic text (2018)
Interestingly, several proteins from this list are associated with enhanced intrarenal ANG-II signaling, which seems to be a critical mediator of HF-induced kidney changes 21, 22, and particularly in this model 23, 24.

Academic text (2018)
Numabe A, Nishikimi T, Komatsu K, Frohlich ED: Intrarenal hemodynamics in low- and high-output cardiac failure in rats. Am J Med Sci 1994; 308:331-337.

Academic text (2018)
The researchers studied the role of intrarenal blood flow in kidney function during hypertension.
Medications that act on the intrarenal system can significantly improve kidney health.

Synonyms

renal

vsintrarenal

Specialized

34 4.4

Relating to the kidneys or how they work

is strictly located inside the kidney rather than about its function

Antonyms

extrarenal

Specialized

1 8.8

Located outside the kidneys

Surface Forms

intrarenal positive

Morphology

intrarenal = renal (semi-transparent) = intra + renal + intra

Formed by the medical combining prefix 'intra-' meaning 'within' plus 'renal'; the structure is regular but 'intra-' is specialized technical vocabulary, so learners may only partially recognize it.

Etymology

The word intrarenal breaks into intra- meaning 'within' and renal meaning 'kidney'. So intrarenal simply means 'located inside the kidney'.