renal osteodystrophy

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A bone disease characterized by softening and fibrous degeneration of bone and the formation of cysts in bone tissue, caused by chronic renal failure.

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Words nearby renal osteodystrophy

renal ganglion, renal glycosuria, renal hematuria, renal hypertension, renal hypoplasia, renal osteodystrophy, renal papilla, renal pelvis, renal pyramid, renal rickets, renal sinus

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Context: The Irish playwright uttered these words on his deathbed before dying of renal failure.
Tupac’s ‘F*ck You’ to a Cop and the Best Last Words|Marlow Stern|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One, suffering from renal failure, had been in the ICU bed next to Dighe.
Mumbai on Edge With Shiv Sena Founder Bal Thackeray Ill|Dilip D’Souza|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She has developed end-stage renal failure, and is in urgent need of a kidney transplant.
The Scott Sisters' Life Sentence for $11|Constantino Diaz-Duran|December 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In 1937, the blond bombshell Jean Harlow died of renal failure at the age of 26, while filming Saratoga with Clark Gable.
What Are They Hiding?|Jacob Bernstein|October 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST

In 2001, Batista gave one of his kidneys to Dawnell, 44, who had suffered from renal disease for many years.
Take My Kidney, Please|Sally Satel|January 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is possible—as in urate infarcts of infants—for urates to be molded into cylindric bodies within the renal tubules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Renal cells are abundant in parenchymatous nephritis, especially the acute form.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
(a) Epithelial casts contain epithelial cells from the renal tubules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Granular and fatty casts, therefore, always indicate partial or complete disintegration of the renal epithelium.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd