NEPHROCALCINOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nephrocalcinosis" is a kind of...):

nephrolithiasis; renal lithiasis (the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney)

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