Medical Definition of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
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A pathologic condition with involves the rupture (haemolysis) of red blood cells, subsequent anaemia, low platelet count and kidney failure.
It is a syndrome of haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure, with pathological finding of thrombotic microangiopathy in kidney and renal cortical necrosis.
See: haemolytic anaemia.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
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