Pyelonephritis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis countable, uncountable

    "The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection wordnet

Synonyms

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pyelitispyelitis

Example

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"The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides."

Etymology

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

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urinary tract

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