See Also: transhiatal(medicine)
transhiatal oesophagectomy(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
polycystic(medicine)
polycystic liver(medicine)
kidney, polycystic(medicine)
polycystic kidney(medicine)
polycystic ovary(medicine)
polycystic kidney disease(medicine)
polycystic disease of kidneys(medicine)

polycystic kidney (medicine) and transhiatal (medicine)


polycystic kidney (medicine)


polycystic kidney


A progressive disease characterised by formation of multiple cysts of varying size scattered diffusely throughout both kidney's, resulting in compression and destruction of kidney parenchyma, usually with hypertension, gross haematuria, and uraemia; there are two major types: 1) with onset in infancy or early childhood, usually with autosomal recessive inheritance; 2) with onset in adulthood, with autosomal dominant inheritance.

Synonym: polycystic disease of kidneys.


transhiatal (medicine)


transhiatal


By way of a hiatus; said of a surgical procedure.