renal failure

Questions about renal failure

What is another word for renal failure?

It depends which renal failure you mean. In the sense “inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance”, the synonyms are kidney failure. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of renal failure?

WordNet records no antonym for renal failure. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for renal failure come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of renal failure

• Full entry for renal failureAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for renal failureWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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