renal failure

Thân thiện

A patient receives dialysis treatment for renal failure.

Definition

Noun: - Kidney failure: A medical condition characterized by the inability of the kidneys to adequately filter waste products from the blood and to help maintain the body's electrolyte and fluid balance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was hospitalized due to acute renal failure.
  • Chronic renal failure often requires long-term management, such as dialysis.

Advanced Usage

• "end-stage renal failure (ESRF)": The final, permanent stage of chronic kidney failure where kidney function is severely and irreversibly damaged, typically requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant for survival.
  • After years of diabetes, he progressed to end-stage renal failure.

Variants and Related Words

• Kidney failure (n): A common synonym for renal failure.
• Renal insufficiency (n): A condition where kidney function is reduced but not to the severe degree of complete failure.
• Azotemia (n): The buildup of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, a key indicator of renal failure.

Synonyms

• Kidney failure
• Renal insufficiency (for less severe cases)

Related Phrases

• "to go into renal failure": To experience the onset of kidney failure.
  • The infection caused the patient to go into renal failure.

Học thuật

Noun

1. inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance

Từ đồng nghĩa

• kidney failure