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Hydronephrosis


Hyˊdro-ne-phro′sis

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Noun.
[NL., Gr.
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] a kidney.]
(Med.)
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.

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hydronephrosis

hydronephrosis

English

Noun

hydronephrosis (plural hydronephroses)

  1. (pathology) distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine

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