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NEPHROCALCINOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrocalcinosis mean? 

NEPHROCALCINOSIS (noun)
  The noun NEPHROCALCINOSIS has 1 sense:

1. renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urineplay

  Familiarity information: NEPHROCALCINOSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHROCALCINOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nephrocalcinosis" is a kind of...):

nephrolithiasis; renal lithiasis (the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney)


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