kidney disease

collocation in English

meaningsofkidneyanddisease

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kidney
noun
uk
/ˈkɪd.ni/us
/ˈkɪd.ni/
either of a pair of small organs in the body that take away waste matter from the blood to ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofkidneyanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The prevailing discrimination against older people withkidneydiseaseis therefore twofold.
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However, it is prudent to first provide a basic review of the glomerulus in proteinuric forms ofkidneydisease.
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The second trajectory, often associated with chronic illness, usually involves organ system failure such as heart, pulmonary, orkidneydisease.
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Therapeutic trials in these animal models of polycystickidneydiseasehave identified several promising drugs that ameliorate disease severity.
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One child in the home hadkidneydisease.
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Although multiple factors have been identified that contribute to the development of diabetickidneydisease, genetic factors have been recognised as important components in this process.
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It recommended that these tests be requested for patients under treatment with diuretics, digoxin, or corticosteroids, patients with diabeties orkidneydisease, and patients with severe high blood pressure.
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Kempner (1944) used a "rice diet" (p. 125) to treat thekidneydiseaseand high blood pressure of two patients.
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Those 2,000 people have productive lives, except that they suffer from akidneydisease.
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I was involved in initial experiments to obtain home renal dialysis units for people suffering from acutekidneydisease.
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There is no information about the number of people awaiting a kidney transplant who died ofkidneydiseaseduring 1992.
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The category of "seriouskidneydisease" is not used in the statistics collected.
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For example, renal transplants have transformed the outlook for polycystickidneydisease.
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I am referring to those who suffer fromkidneydiseaseand may continue to suffer, and to those who are on renal dialysis.
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They include people with muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis,kidneydisease, continual skin disease like psoriasis, heart disease, chest disease—all sorts of disease.
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The positive treatment for sufferers fromkidneydiseaseis a combination of artificial kidney treatment and kidney transplantation.
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The present position is that some 2,000 people between the ages of 15 and 55, who could be saved, die each year ofkidneydisease.
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His examination showed that a considerable percentage of them were showing signs ofkidneydiseaseas a result of the work they had been performing.
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Any one of us can suffer from cancer or be struck down by heart, liver orkidneydisease.
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