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HYDRONEPHROSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydronephrosis mean?
• HYDRONEPHROSIS (noun)
The noun HYDRONEPHROSIS has 1 sense:
1. accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter
Familiarity information: HYDRONEPHROSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hydronephrosis" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Context examples
It may lead to hydronephrosis.
(Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus)
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