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An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Examples
- 2001, Jeffery Hughes, 12: Infectious Diseases, N. A. Hughes, Clinical Pharmacy, Macmillan Health, 2nd Edition, page 215, Primary acute pyelonephritis most commonly occurs in females, with 90% of cases caused by Escherichia coli.
Meaning relationships
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inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: urinary tract infection
Narrower terms: acute pyelonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis
From pyelo- (“relating to the renal pelvis”) + nephritis.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
munuaisallastulehdus
— infection of the renal pelvis
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Swedish:
njurbäckeninflammation
— infection of the renal pelvis
