Dictionary

polycystic kidney disease: An inherited disorder that causes a gradual deterioration in renal function when organs slowly enlarge as fluid-filled cysts build up.

renal: Relating to the kidneys.

renal cell carcinoma: The most common type of kidney cancer. Begins in the tubules.

renal failure: Kidney failure.

shockwave treatment: A procedure that breaks large kidney stones into small stones that pass through the urinary system with urine.

struvite stone: May form after an infection in the urinary system. Contains the mineral magnesium and the waste product ammonia.