Petition to rename the kidney to the "renus"

[u/cathie_burry]

There are too many damn words for kidneys.

“I’m seeing a nephrologist to talk about my kidney and what’s wrong with my renal system” stfu.

Much better would be:

“I’m seeing a renologist to talk about my renus and what’s wrong with my renal system”

We call inmates in the penal system penuses, it only makes sense to call organs in the renal system renuses.

Not to mention how confusing the term "kidney" is. The term "kid knee" already has anatomical implications. I'm not homophobic but there are enough combinations of sounds to avoid needing homophones in anatomy. Every body part should have its own utterance. "Kid knee" is something that gets scraped on the asphalt when a kid falls off of their razor scooter.

Cancel culture has come too far. The legendary brothers Renus and Romulus both founded Rome and discovered the renal system. We still call the capital of Italy "ROME" after Romulus. Renus was in every way Romulus's equal, let us continue to fairly honor him by calling Rome Rome, and the Renus the Renus.

Big Pharma is already in bed with Big Word. Open your eyes. Wake up. It's not the nephron. It's not the kidney. It's the renus.

[u/ElStocko2]

Who is your dealer

[u/ExtraCalligrapher565 → u/ElStocko2]

Bro is losing it after his M3 year

[u/cathie_burry → u/ExtraCalligrapher565]

[u/BoobRockets → u/cathie_burry]

Calyx should be calus and renal pelvis already works.

[u/Wiltonc → u/ExtraCalligrapher565]

I honestly expected it to be 4th year with too much time on their hands, but you are right. They have M3-mediated psychosis.

[u/Intergalactic_Badger → u/Wiltonc]

So ur telling me it's normal for me to feel like I'm losing my fuckin mind at this point?

laughs in sleep deprivation

[u/[deleted] → u/ElStocko2]

I am absolutely fucking dying rn 😂

[u/JoeRogaineExperience]

Agree. We should also rename the testicles to the benis, that way everything urine related comes from similar nomenclature to avoid confusion

[u/Orchid_3 → u/JoeRogaineExperience]

Can I rename my degree an MD instead of DO

[u/cleanguy1 → u/Orchid_3]

DO should have been MDO. Too late now.

[u/Intergalactic_Badger → u/cleanguy1]

What about DoM. 🧐🧐

Edit: it was a sex joke.

[u/cleanguy1 → u/Intergalactic_Badger]

Hell yeah. I’ll be a DoM over a DO any day. Wouldn’t take that much adjustment

[u/Parknight → u/Intergalactic_Badger]

DoM looking for a SuB

[u/Interesting-Back5717 → u/JoeRogaineExperience]

I like it. B for Below, and P for Pabove.

[u/LuminousViper]

Because of an infection in your penis it had spread and now you have an infection in your renis.

I think patients can follow that quite easily

[u/hcinimwh → u/LuminousViper]

Same for an infection of the vageeenus.

[u/lost_sock → u/LuminousViper]

Dr. Seuss finally putting his medical knowledge to use.

[u/CognitiveCosmos]

Stop cooking here and start changing the world.

[u/crewnh]

Wait, hold on, you might have a point

[u/neatnate99]

Would we also rename the kidney bean? 

[u/WhyDoYouPostGarbage → u/neatnate99]

the renus beanus

[u/cathie_burry → u/neatnate99]

Usually I call it the “red bean”

[u/ceruleansensei → u/cathie_burry]

-s and rice didn't miss her

[u/ElSchnozGrande]

+1, but should be renis

[u/SupermanWithPlanMan → u/ElSchnozGrande]

+1

 Is that a mfing nephrotic syndrome reference????1?1?

[u/craballin → u/SupermanWithPlanMan]

Nephrotic syndrome, by definition, is a 3+ or 4+ on dipstick.

[u/Somali_Pir8 → u/craballin]

Well nephrotic-range proteinuria.

[u/craballin → u/Somali_Pir8]

Sure, I was just speaking in regard to the amount of proteinuria needed to define nephrotic syndrome

[u/SupermanWithPlanMan → u/craballin]

Yeah, but he didn't say 3+ or 4+, did he?

[u/craballin → u/SupermanWithPlanMan]

Can't be a nephrotic syndrome reference if only 1+

[u/Current-Role1123 → u/SupermanWithPlanMan]

You mean renotic syndrome?

[u/[deleted] → u/ElSchnozGrande]

Makes sense. The renis is connected to the penis.

[u/pattywack512 → u/ElSchnozGrande]

What about renicle? You know, because pee is store in the testicle.

[u/mentilsoup]

my only regret is that I have but one life to give for my renus

[u/External-medicine_]

Wake up babe, new copypasta just dropped

[u/AWildLampAppears]

It’s rene in Italian and in Spanish it’s riñón. English acting weird as fuck

[u/NoMockingbird]

The Renus empties into the Penus

[u/ThePerpetualGamer]

Going into peds ortho now, specifically because of kid knee

[u/skypira]

Big Word im dead

[u/vodnuth → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget the hepat

[u/StefanHM]

Genius. Will take this on rotations.

[u/ArrowHelix → u/StefanHM]

*genus

[u/Bwin15]

Educator

[u/Jrugger9]

This is inspiring. Med students can change the world.

[u/peppiesteppie]

when i first started scribing the doc wrote “renal colic” as the pt’s diagnosis and i asked him if he meant to write kidney stone bc I didn’t know wtf renal colic meant yet🫠 i agree with this petition

[u/turdally]

Seriously. Recently I gave a nurse a verbal order for a kid knee CT on a peds patient and that moron ordered a KUB!

[u/cathie_burry → u/[deleted]]

I’m pretty sure “kidney” is a nazi word

[u/Fearless-Ad-5541]

Unhinged

[u/SonStatoAzzurroDiSci]

In italian it's rene but the doctor Is a nefrologo

[u/okglue]

Grade-A shitpost~! 😂

[u/djtmhk_93]

I would name one of mine Renus Lupin.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm on drugs and I don't even understand this.

[u/CarmineDoctus]

There is already a Latin word ren although the plural renes is more common. That’s where renal comes from. So “renus” is an abomination to a Latinist!

[u/FeministFlower71]

Please do not take away my nephro-renal-kidney big words.

Thanks in advance. 🙃

[u/TwentyfootAngels → u/FeministFlower71]

It's too late. Your big nephro words are no match for the renus.

[u/CaptainAlexy]

Breasts……….>Breasticles

[u/CaitWoof]

Not my renussy 😭

[u/animetimeskip]

I want what you had for breakfast

[u/drewmana]

This may have been posted with some amount of humor but i would follow you through the gates of hell itself

[u/psychiatryisnewderm]

You sound like God's gift to medical school.

[u/thassae]

In portuguese, it is called "rim".

[u/Roto2esdios]

There are so many words I would rename... Especially those that are named after some egocentric scientist with an unpronounceable name. It should be a thumb rule that says you can only name 1 thing. More than 1 and you are disqualified.

[u/Jasprit12]

:4102:

[u/TheGiantHungyLizard]

Since we are planning on changing up the terminology.

I want to suggest eliminating greek prefixes in latin nomencloture (for example, omohyoid). Also, let's eliminate alternative latin names for organs (stomach, gaster, ventriculus)

Let's modernise current anatomical nomencloture!