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pyonephritis

pyonephritis is the alternative form of pyelonephritis.

Meaning of pyelonephritis

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
    Synonyms:
    pyelitis

Questions about pyonephritis

What is pyonephritis the alternative form of?
Pyonephritis is the alternative form of pyelonephritis.

Words near pyonephritis in the dictionary

  1. pyomelanogenesis
  2. pyomelanogenic
  3. pyometra
  4. pyomyositis
  5. Pyon
  6. pyonephritis
  7. pyonephroses
  8. pyonephrosis
  9. pyonephrotic
  10. pyoner
  11. pyoners

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