Pyelonephritis

Quick meaning: Pyelonephritis is a noun meaning (pathology) An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis.

Meaning

(pathology) An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis.

Example Sentences

The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.

The urinogenous or ascending nephropathies are divisible into two great groups (a) the hydronephrotic nephropathies and (b) the pyelonephritides.

2001, Jeffery Hughes, 12: Infectious Diseases, N. A. Hughes, Clinical Pharmacy, Macmillan Health, 2nd Edition, page 215, Primary acute pyelonephritis most commonly occurs in females, with 90% of cases caused by Escherichia coli.

Pyelonephritis is most commonly encountered in younger, nulliparous women in their second trimester. Women with a history of pyelonephritis, renal calculi or anatomic malformations are particularly susceptible to the development of pyelonephritis and should therefore be regularly screened on a monthly basis throughout pregnancy.

Word Forms

• pyelonephritides

Synonyms for pyelonephritis

Depending on context, synonyms include pyelitis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nephropyelitis, pyeloureteritis, pyonephritis, pyelocystitis, cystopyelonephritis, cystoureteropyelonephritis.

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