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PYELONEPHRITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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