Associations to the word «Nephrocalcinosis»

Wiktionary

NEPHROCALCINOSIS, noun. (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
NEPHROCALCINOSIS, noun. (medicine) (now more commonly) Diffuse, fine, renal parenchymal calcification on radiology.

Dictionary definition

NEPHROCALCINOSIS, noun. Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats