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pyelonephritis

pyelonephritis noun: an ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis.

pyelonephritis: an ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
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Noun

pyelonephritis (countable and uncountable, plural pyelonephritides)

  1. An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
    • The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides.1913, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 145, page 54
    • The frequent spontaneous resolution of cystopyelic reflux after 10 years of age induces to consider at least part of the apparently primary pyelonephritides as secondary to yet disappeared refluxes and, thus, to allocate in this group most of the so-called atrophic pyelonephritides of the young...1991, G. Piccoli, F. Quarello, G. Beltrame, P. Colombo, T. Cammarota, “16: Reflux nephropathy”, in Alberto Amerio, Pasquale Coratelli, Shaul G. Massry, editors, Tubulo-Interstitial Nephropathies...
    Synonyms:
    pyelitis

pyelonephritis meaning in Tamil

pyelonephritis in Tamil

சிறு நீரக நுணுகுழல் அழற்சி

Examples of pyelonephritis in a sentence

  • The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.2009, J. Charles Jennette, “Chapter 16: The Kidney”, in Emanuel Rubin, Howard M. Reisner, editors, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, Wolters...
  • Pyelonephritis is most commonly encountered in younger, nulliparous women in their second trimester.2010, Bhuvan Pathak, “Chapter 29: Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnancy: From Symptomatic Bacteriuria to Pyelonephritis”, in T. Murphy...

Synonyms of pyelonephritis

Forms of pyelonephritis

pluralpyelonephritides

Origin of pyelonephritis

From pyelo- (“relating to the renal pelvis”) + nephritis.

Words formed from pyelonephritis

Phrases with pyelonephritis

Questions about pyelonephritis

What does pyelonephritis mean?
Pyelonephritis means an ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis.
What is pyelonephritis in Tamil?
Pyelonephritis in Tamil is சிறு நீரக நுணுகுழல் அழற்சி. See Pyelonephritis meaning in Tamil.
How do you use pyelonephritis in a sentence?
The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.
What part of speech is pyelonephritis?
Pyelonephritis is a noun.
What is the plural of pyelonephritis?
The plural of pyelonephritis is pyelonephritides.

Words near pyelonephritis in the dictionary

  1. pyelolithotomies
  2. pyelolithotomy
  3. pyelon
  4. pyelonephritic
  5. pyelonephritides
  6. pyelonephritis
  7. pyelonephritogenic
  8. pyelons
  9. pyelophlebitis
  10. pyeloplasties
  11. pyeloplasty

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