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Definition of 'pyelonephritis'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pyelonephritis
inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.

Etymology: (1865–70)

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1. (noun) pyelonephritis
inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection

Definition of 'pyelonephritis'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. pyelonephritis
Inflammation of the KIDNEY involving the renal parenchyma (the NEPHRONS); KIDNEY PELVIS; and KIDNEY CALICES. It is characterized by ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; NAUSEA; VOMITING; and occasionally DIARRHEA.

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