“kidney-disease”

The following 2 entries include the term kidney-disease.

polycystic kidney disease

noun

: either of two hereditary diseases characterized by gradually enlarging bilateral cysts of the kidney which lead to reduced renal functioning or renal failure

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pulpy kidney disease

noun

: a destructive enterotoxemia of lambs caused by clostridia (especially Clostridium welchii) and characterized by softening and degeneration of the kidneys and often by accumulation of fluid about the heart

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