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Renal vein thrombosis
Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is clot formation in the renal veins, causing kidney injury. Main causes are nephrotic syndrome and malignancy; also a neonatal disease. Treated with anticoagulation, thrombolysis, or thrombectomy.
Renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia
Renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia (Ivemark II syndrome, RHPD) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy with pancreatic fibrosis, renal dysplasia, and hepatic dysgenesis, first described by Ivemark in 1959; genes NPHP3, NEK8, DNAJB11; usually perinatally fatal.
Renalase
Renalase (RNLS), a secreted FAD flavoprotein encoded on chromosome 10, was described in 2005 as a catecholamine-metabolizing kidney enzyme; that claim was refuted, and it is now known as an intracellular NAD(P)H isomer oxidase and extracellular cytokine signaling via PMCA4b.
Renaldo Nehemiah
Renaldo "Skeets" Nehemiah (born 1959), American 110m hurdler, first man under 13 seconds (12.93, Zurich 1981), three-time world record breaker, 1979 Pan-Am and World Cup winner, later San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and sports agent.
Renaming and revision of archaeal taxon names
Renaming and revision of archaeal taxon names is the ongoing replacement of informal archaeal phyla names, such as Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota, with validly published names like Methanobacteriota and Thermoproteota.
Renaming of cities in India
The renaming of cities in India is the official process by which states rename cities and towns, requiring Home Ministry approval, as when Bombay became Mumbai in 1995.
Renaming of the state as Dai Viet
In 1054 the Vietnamese state then called Dai Co Viet took the new name Dai Viet, meaning "Great Viet", under the Ly dynasty king Ly Thanh Tong.
RENAMO
RENAMO is a Mozambican political party founded in 1977, known for fighting the FRELIMO government during a civil war until a 1992 peace agreement.
RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019)
The RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019) was a low-level armed conflict in central Mozambique in which RENAMO resumed fighting the FRELIMO government, ending with the 2019 Maputo Accord.
Renan Barão
Renan Bão is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who won the interim UFC bantamweight title in 2012. He was a three-time titleholder before losing his streak in 2014.
Renan Ferreira (fighter)
Renan Ferreira (Thalles Renan Ferreira, born 1989), nicknamed "Problema", is a 6'8" Brazilian PFL heavyweight; 2023 PFL heavyweight tournament champion, fastest PFL heavyweight KOs, beaten by Ngannou in 2024 and Nemkov in 2025.
Renan Lodi
Renan Lodi (Renan Augusto Lodi dos Santos, born 1998, Serrana, Brazil) is a Brazilian left-back with 19 caps; Athletico-PR, Atlético Madrid (LaLiga 2020-21), Forest, Marseille, Al Hilal, now Atlético Mineiro.
Renan Santos
Renan Santos (Renan Antônio Ferreira dos Santos, born 1984, São Paulo) is a Brazilian activist, MBL co-founder, and Missão party president who ran for president in 2026, winning 2.24% of valid votes.
Renard Johnson
Renard U. Johnson, El Paso businessman and founder of METI Inc., won the December 2024 runoff to become El Paso's first Black mayor; sworn in January 6, 2025 for the 2025–2028 nonpartisan term.
Renardo Green
Renardo Green, born 2000, Orlando, Florida, is a San Francisco 49ers cornerback drafted 64th overall in 2024 from Florida State; Second-Team All-ACC in 2023, 4.49-second 40-yard dash, and a 2026 PFF top-10 cornerback with 3 interceptions.
Renascence (凤唳九天)
Renascence (凤唳九天, Feng Li Jiu Tian) is a 2020 Chinese historical romance drama, 36 episodes, adapted from Xiao Yun's novel, directed by Liu Haibo and Shen Yang, starring Chen Zheyuan and Li Mozhi, about a murdered empress reborn in her sister's body seeking revenge, streamed on iQiyi and Mango TV.
Renascent (album)
Renascent is the twenty-eighth studio album by the English band The Durutti Column, released on July 31, 2026 by London Records, its first album of new material in 16 years.
Renata Fast
Renata Fast, Canadian ice hockey defenceman born 1994, three-time Olympic medallist (gold Beijing 2022; silver 2018, 2026), seven-time World Championship medallist, PWHL Toronto Sceptres Defender of the Year 2024-25.
Renata Janik
Renata Janik is a Polish politician who has served as Marshal of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 2024, having earlier been Deputy Marshal from 2018 to 2024 and a member of the Sejm.
Renáta Kellnerová
Renáta Kellnerová is a Czech billionaire, widow of PPF co-founder Petr Kellner, who died in 2021; she and her three daughters own 100% of the Prague-based investment group.
Renata M. Wentzcovitch
Renata M. Wentzcovitch is a Brazilian-born computational mineral physicist, a professor at Columbia University since 2017, known for variable-cell ab initio molecular dynamics and the 2025 Bridgman Award.
Renata Mauer Rozanska
Renata Mauer-Różańska (born 1969, Nasielsk), Polish sport shooter, double Olympic champion in 10 m air rifle (Atlanta 1996) and 50 m rifle three positions (Sydney 2000), plus Atlanta bronze; four-time Olympian.
Renata Notni
Renata Notni (Renata Martínez Notni, born 1995) is a Mexican actress from Cuernavaca, a former child Televisa telenovela star, winner of the 2017 TVyNovelas Best Young Actress award, known for El Dragón, Netflix's La venganza de las Juanas, and Prime Video's Zorro.
Renata Pasqualini
Renata Pasqualini is a Brazilian-born cancer biologist known for co-developing in vivo phage display, a method for finding peptides that home to tumors, at Rutgers.
Renata Salecl
Renata Salecl is a Slovene philosopher, sociologist, and legal theorist of the Ljubljana Lacanian school, known for books on anxiety, choice, and ignorance, including The Tyranny of Choice.
Renate Loll
Renate Loll, born 1962 in Aachen, Germany, is a theoretical physicist who co-developed Causal Dynamical Triangulations, a lattice approach to quantum gravity, and is a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Renate Reinsve
Renate Reinsve (Renate Hansen Reinsve, born 1987, Solbergelva, Norway) is a Norwegian actress; Cannes best actress winner for The Worst Person in the World (2021), later Oscar-nominated for Sentimental Value.
Renate Stecher
Renate Stecher (nee Meissner), born 1950, East German sprinter; 1972 Olympic 100 m and 200 m champion, 1976 relay gold; first woman under 11 seconds for 100 m.
Renate Vogel
Renate Vogel (Renate Bauer, Heinrich), East German breaststroke swimmer born 1955 in Chemnitz; 1972 Olympic relay silver, triple 1973 world champion, 100 m breaststroke world record holder; defected to West Germany in 1979 and exposed GDR doping.
Renati Cholas
The Renati Cholas (రేనాటి చోళులు) were Telugu-speaking chieftains who ruled the Renadu region in present-day Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, with their capital at Erikal.