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PYELONEPHRITIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does pyelonephritis mean?

• PYELONEPHRITIS (noun)
The noun PYELONEPHRITIS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: PYELONEPHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PYELONEPHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pyelonephritis" is a kind of...):

urinary tract infection (any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pyelonephritis"):

acute pyelonephritis (pyelonephritis resulting from the spread of a bladder infection)

chronic pyelonephritis (pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways)

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