hydronephrosisn.
/ˌhʌɪdrə(ʊ)nɪˈfrəʊsɪs/ Pathology.
A distended condition of the ureter, the pelvis, and the renal calices caused by an obstruction of the outflow of urine; dropsy of the kidney.
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Bright's disease1830
pyelonephritis1839
nephropyosis1848
hydronephrosis1849
nephrocele1849
nephroplegy1857
pyonephrosis1867
suet affection1886
nephrosclerosis1890
nephroptosis1892
raspberry kidney1897
wandering kidney1897
hypernephroma1900
nephrosis1900
Wilms('s) or (erroneously) Wilm's tumour1910
nephrotic syndrome1931
glomerulosclerosis1936
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 81/2 Atrophy of the kidney with..hydronephrosis.
1890 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1299/1 Hydronephrosis in former times was treated by tapping.
Derivatives
hydronephrotic adj. /ˌhaɪdrə(ʊ)nɪˈfrɒtɪk/ [ < hydronephrosis n.: compare amaurosis, amaurotic] relating to, characteristic of, or affected with hydronephrosis.
/ˌhaɪdrə(ʊ)nɪˈfrɒtɪk/ [ < hydronephrosis n.: compare amaurosis, amaurotic] relating to, characteristic of, or affected with hydronephrosis.ΘΚΠ
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pyelitic1849
pyonephrotic1865
pyonephritic1876
hydronephrotic1881
nephrotic1928
anephric1944
hypernephromatous1946
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 901 A very large hydronephrotic sac sometimes consists of a single cavity.
1891 Lancet 18 Apr. 885/1 Specimens of hydronephrotic kidneys.
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