hydronephrosis
Americannoun
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Origin of hydronephrosis
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Walker’s youngest son was born with hydronephrosis, a kidney condition, which required surgery at six months old.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
Her death was ascribed to chronic nephritis with myocarditis and hydronephrosis as complications.
From Time Magazine Archive
Known as hydronephrosis, the condition can lead to death for newborn babies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The after-treatment in the event of the development of hydronephrosis is on ordinary lines.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
Gerster reports a rare form of imperforate anus, with malposition of the left ureter, obliteration of the ostia of both ureters, with consequent hydronephrosis of a confluent kidney.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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