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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
renin /ˈriːnɪn/

▶noun Biochemistry an enzyme secreted by and stored in the kidneys which promotes the production of the protein angiotensin.

– origin C19: from L. ren ‘kidney’ + -in1.

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