Definition of Pyelitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the renal pelvis.

Generic synonyms: Inflammatory Disease

Definition of Pyelitis

1. n. Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.

Definition of Pyelitis

1. Noun. pyelonephritis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pyelitis

1. inflammation of the pelvis or the kidney [n -TISES] : PYELITIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyelitis

pycnons
pycnonuclear
pycnoses
pycnosis
pycnostyle
pycnostyles
pycnotic
pycrite
pye
pye-dog
pyebald
pyebalds
pyeing
pyelitic
pyelitides
pyelitis (current term)
pyelitises
pyelogram
pyelograms
pyelographic
pyelographically
pyelography
pyelonephritic
pyelonephritides
pyelonephritis
pyeloplasties
pyeloplasty
pyemia
pyemias
pyemic

Literary usage of Pyelitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1901)
"pyelitis in almost all cases is induced by bacterial invasor and ... In the calculous pyelitis there may be only slight turbidity of the membrane, ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Then, too, why is not every patient with massive fibroids or large ovarian cysts afflicted with acute pyelitis? I have not seen such a case, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"pyelitis of Pregnancy.—DANFORTH (Surg., Gynec. and Obst., June, ... When urine is obtained by the uretral catheter in cases of the pyelitis of pregnancy, ..."

4. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1911)
"In very chronic cases the pyelitis may be followed by an infiltration of the ... In the mildest varieties of pyelitis (the catarrhal) the morbid changes ..."

5. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"In very chronic cas« the pyelitis may be followed by an infiltration of the ... In the mildest varieties of pyelitis (the catarrhal) the morbid changes ..."

6. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1903)
"pyelitis in almost all cases is induced by bacterial invasion and multiplication, ... In the early stages of pyelitis the mucous membrane is turbid, ..."

7. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1898)
"pyelitis is induced by many causes, among which the following are the most ... By far the most frequent form of pyelitis is that which is consecutive to ..."

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