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Definition: Kidney Failure |
Kidney FailureNoun1. Inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The inability of a kidney to excrete metabolites at normal plasma levels under conditions of normal loading, or the inability to retain electrolytes under conditions of normal intake. In the acute form (kidney failure, acute), it is marked by uremia and usually by oliguria or anuria, with hyperkalemia and pulmonary edema. The chronic form (kidney failure, chronic) is irreversible and requires hemodialysis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Kidney FailureSynonym: renal failure (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Kidney Failure |
| English words defined with "kidney failure": acute kidney failure ♦ chronic kidney failure, chronic pyelonephritis ♦ haemodialysis, hemodialysis, hyperkalemia ♦ nephroangiosclerosis, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, nephrosclerosis ♦ PKD, polycystic kidney disease. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "kidney failure": Acecainide, acute tubular ♦ beta 2-Microglobulin ♦ end-stage renal ♦ glomerulosclerosis, Glomerulosclerosis, Focal ♦ Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome ♦ IgA nephropathy ♦ Kidney Failure, Acute, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute ♦ Multiple Organ Failure, Muzolimine ♦ polycystic ♦ renal tubular ♦ thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. (references) |
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Health | Nearly everyone with end-stage kidney failure has anemia. (references) | |
A child with kidney failure requires dialysis to stay alive. (references) | ||
ESRD is total, or nearly total, and permanent kidney failure. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Kazakhstan | An investigation conducted by the Military Prosecutor's Office, at the request of Biyembetov's family, concluded that Biyembetov had died of kidney failure. (references) |
Iran | He has been a frequent victim of torture in prison; he suffered a ruptured eardrum due to repeated beatings, kidney failure resulting from denial of access to toilet facilities, and an untreated prostate condition. (references) | |
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Expressions using "kidney failure": acute kidney failure ♦ chronic kidney failure. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kidney failure | 671 |
kidney failure symptom | 159 |
kidney failure in dog | 37 |
sign of kidney failure | 26 |
feline kidney failure | 24 |
canine kidney failure | 23 |
kidney failure cause | 19 |
acute kidney failure | 17 |
chronic kidney failure | 17 |
kidney failure treatment | 5 |
baycol and kidney failure | 5 |
kidney failure death | 4 |
end stage kidney failure | 4 |
kidney failure dialysis | 3 |
information kidney failure | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-i-k-l-n-r-u-y" | |
-4 letters: fairylike, infielder, reunified, uredinial. | |
-5 letters: aerified, airfield, dunelike, enfilade, faunlike, fernlike, finialed, flanerie, fraulein, freakily, friendly, funereal, kindlier, rekindle, relinked, renailed, runelike, underlay, underlie, unfairly, unfeared, unifilar, unrifled, uredinia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 69 64 6E 65 79 46 61 69 6C 75 72 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101001 01100100 01101110 01100101 01111001 00100000 01000110 01100001 01101001 01101100 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K i d n e y   F a i l u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0069 0064 006E 0065 0079 0046 0061 0069 006C 0075 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)457570807191240677578878471 |
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