chronic pyelonephritis

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   pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways

   Broaderpyelonephritis

Questions about chronic pyelonephritis

What does chronic pyelonephritis mean?

chronic pyelonephritis means "pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways".

Is chronic pyelonephritis a common word?

chronic pyelonephritis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.