CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic pyelonephritis mean? 

• CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS (noun)
  The noun CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("chronic pyelonephritis" is a kind of...):

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