Disease or Syndrome
renal hypertrophy
re·nal hy·per·tro·phy
Definitions related to renal hypertrophy:
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Global enlargement of the renal parenchyma in one or both kidneys.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(kidney hypertrophy) General increase in bulk of the kidney due to an increase in cell volume; it is not due to tumor formation, nor to an increase in the number of cells.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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