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

1 sense of chronic pyelonephritis

Sense 1
chronic pyelonephritis -- (pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways)
       => pyelonephritis -- (inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection)