acute pyelonephritis
- noun
- /əˈkjut ˌpaɪəloʊnəˈfraɪtɪs/
- Specialized
:
pielonefritis aguda
- The patient was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis after presenting with high fever and flank pain.
Examples
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Symptoms of acute pyelonephritis include fever and back pain.
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Antibiotics are the primary treatment for acute pyelonephritis to clear the bacterial infection.
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If left untreated, acute pyelonephritis can lead to serious kidney damage.
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The doctor diagnosed her with acute pyelonephritis.
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Antibiotics are the primary treatment for acute pyelonephritis to clear the bacterial infection.
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If left untreated, acute pyelonephritis can lead to serious kidney damage.
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The patient was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis after presenting with high fever and flank pain.
Synonyms
1
9.9
An infection of the kidney that causes pain, fever, and problems when you pee
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sudden and severe kidney infection' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'acute' (sudden/severe) combined with 'pyelonephritis' (bacterial kidney infection). This adjective + medical-noun pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would be able to understand the phrase.
Etymology
Acute pyelonephritis comes from older medical word parts: acute means sudden and strong, pyelo- refers to the 'basin' inside the kidney where urine collects, and -nephritis means 'kidney inflammation'. So the name gives the picture of a sudden, painful infection in the kidney's basin, which is why it means a sudden and severe kidney infection.