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Definition of Kidney failure
1. Noun. Inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance.
Generic synonyms: Failure, Kidney Disease, Nephropathy, Nephrosis, Renal Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Acute Kidney Failure, Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Kidney Failure, Chronic Renal Failure
Definition of Kidney failure
1. Noun. Any condition, acute or chronic, where the kidneys cease to function properly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Kidney failure
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidney Failure
Literary usage of Kidney failure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The earliest signs of kidney failure are often an inability to concentrate and
a shortened attention span. As a result, individuals with failing kidneys who ..."
2. A Treatise on Obstetrics: For Students and Practitioners by Edward Parker Davis (1904)
"If the symptom of albuminuria alone be taken as evidence of nephritis or kidney
failure, its frequency has been variously estimated by different observers. ..."
3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"In 1987,30 percent of new chronic kidney failure cases were attributed to ...
Progressive chronic kidney failure secondary to primary hypertension or ..."
4. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"The IOM was asked by Congress in 1987 to study the program thoroughly; it published
the 1991 book kidney failure and the Federal Government (59). ..."
5. Healthy People, 2010: Conference Editionby Donna E. Shalala by Donna E. Shalala (2000)
"A number of underlying diseases can cause progressive kidney failure. The two
most important of these are diabetes, which in 1997 accounted for 42 percent ..."
6. Clinical Research: Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate edited by Mark O. Hatfield (1996)
"... coil) to cleanse nitrogenous wastes from the blood of persons with kidney
failure. Prior to dialysis, all persons with kidney failure died. ..."
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