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Definition of Kidney disease
1. Noun. A disease affecting the kidneys.
Specialized synonyms: Bright's Disease, Nephritis, Nephroangiosclerosis, Nephrosclerosis, Pkd, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Polyuria, Kidney Failure, Renal Failure, Renal Insufficiency
Generic synonyms: Uropathy
Medical Definition of Kidney disease
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Literary usage of Kidney disease
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1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"These instances illustrate two categories of associated renal and cardiovascular
disease: (1) That in which the kidney disease is primary; and (2) that in ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"... 12 PERISCOPE: A Case of Acromegaly—kidney disease aud Insanity-—Peculiarities
of the Knee Jerk. ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Further, in kidney disease, creatinine itself is not excreted well so that the
... kidney disease may affect any age group. Some forms may be inherited and ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1861)
"[Dr. Goodfellow considers it an unquestionable fact, that alcholic compounds are
a very frequent cause of kidney disease and albuminous urine. ..."
5. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association, Arthur Joseph Cramp (1921)
"In kidney disease it is usually found-that the kidney structure has undergone
destructive changes of a degree depending on the severity and length of time ..."
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