HyperDic: acute_kidney_failure

English > 1 sense of the expression *acute kidney failure*:
NOUN	state	acute kidney failure, acute renal failure	renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract

English > *acute kidney failure*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract.
Synonym	acute renal failure
Broader	renal failure, kidney failure	inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance
Spanish	insuficiencia renal aguda