Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Acute inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney, caused by bacterial infection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney. Also called
endonephritis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.
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- noun
pyelonephritis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the renal pelvis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lee R, Clement MR, Carr MC, Canning DA, Brayman KL: Successful treatment of encrusted cystitis and pyelitis with preservation of renal graft.
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Related problems can be any that are related to kidney malfunction with others being hardening of the arteries, chronic fatigue, nephritis (inflammation of the kidney) and pyelitis (inflammation of the part of the kidney from which urine drains into the ureter).
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The kidneys were large, but no abscesses or pyelitis were present.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Later on symptoms of cystitis developed, and an ultimate diagnosis of pyelitis of the right kidney was made.
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Later on symptoms of cystitis developed, and an ultimate diagnosis of pyelitis of the right kidney was made.
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It is absolutely necessary to examine the external genitals and the urine of those affected by this disease, as phlegmasiæ of the vagina, of the vestibule or urethra in girls, or the practice of onanism, or lithiasis, cystitis, or pyelitis may be the cause of the disease.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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