- Dietl crisis
- a sudden severe attack of stomach and kidney pain, with chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, and then general collapse, due to obstruction of ureters.
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Dietl crisis
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Dietl crisis — Die·tl crisis (deґtəl) [Jуzef Dietl, Polish physician, 1804–1878] see under crisis … Medical dictionary
crisis de Dietl — Dolor súbito, intensísimo en el riñón, producido por distensión de la pelvis renal, por ingesta rápida de cantidades muy elevadas de líquido o por doblamiento del uréter con oclusión repentina del flujo de … Diccionario médico
Dietl's crisis — Die·tl s crisis dēt əlz n an attack of violent pain in the kidney region accompanied by chills, nausea, vomiting, and collapse that is caused by the formation of kinks in the ureter and is usu. associated with a floating kidney Die·tl dēt əl… … Medical dictionary
crisis — 1. A sudden change, usually for the better, in the course of an acute disease, in contrast to the gradual improvement by lysis. 2. A paroxysmal pain in an organ or circumscribed region of the body occurring in the course of … Medical dictionary
Dietl's crisis — acute obstruction of a kidney causing severe pain in the loins. The obstruction usually occurs at the junction of the renal pelvis and the ureter, causing the kidney to become distended with accumulated urine (see hydronephrosis). Sometimes the… … The new mediacal dictionary
dietl's crisis — ˈdēd.əlz noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after Joseph Dietl died 1874 Pol. physician : an attack of violent pain in the kidney region accompanied by chills, nausea, vomiting, and collapse that is caused by kinking of the ureter and… … Useful english dictionary
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Dietl — Józef, Polish physician, 1804–1878. See D. crisis … Medical dictionary
Józef Dietl — Józef (Joseph) Dietl (born 24 January 1804 in Podbuże near Sambor, died 18 January 1878 in Krakow) was a Polish physician born to an Austrian father and Polish mother. He studied medicine in Lemberg and Vienna. He was a pioneer in balneology, and … Wikipedia
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