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Hydronephrosis

Medical Definition: A distention of the pelvis and calices of the kidney with urine, as a result of obstruction of the ureter, with accompanying atrophy of the parenchyma of the organ. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Guide Notes: kidney distention with urine

Hydronephrosis Medical Definitions and Terms

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