Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acute_renal_failure

1 sense of acute renal failure

Sense 1
acute renal failure, acute kidney failure -- (renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract)
       => renal failure, kidney failure -- (inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance)