ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute kidney failure mean? 

• ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE (noun)
  The noun ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE has 1 sense:

1. renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract

  Familiarity information: ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute kidney failure; acute renal failure

Hypernyms ("acute kidney failure" is a kind of...):

kidney failure; renal failure (inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance)

 Context examples 

A procedure to remove toxic substances from the blood that is used in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease or acute kidney failure.

(Dialysis, NCI Thesaurus)