monokidneyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

monokidney (uncountable)

1. (pathology) The condition of having a single kidney instead of the usual two.
   • 2015 August 8, “Aggravated Cardiac Remodeling post Aortocaval Fistula in Unilateral Nephrectomized Rats”, in PLOS ONE^[1], DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134579:

     Special medical care and education should be afforded to living kidney donors and people with congenital monokidney, especially in pregnancy and other high-output situations like in patients with hyperthyroidism and arteriovenous fistula to avoid/correct volume overload conditions and to attenuate the negative consequences of volume overload in this special population.