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pyelonephritis

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14 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eehiilnopprstyStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From pyelo- (“relating to the renal pelvis”) + nephritis.

Used in a sentence

  • The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides.
  • The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.

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